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Climate Skepticism Online Mocked as 'American Idiocracy'
Original: I'm afraid what we have here is just another American idiocrat... "While some of the posts are clearly trollish in natur
A comment circulating online dismisses a climate skeptic as 'another American idiocrat'. The quoted material argues that while some climate-denying posts seem trollish, they reveal genuine skepticism, including claims that the rainforest is a 'festering pit' not worth saving. The exchange highlights frustration with anti-climate rhetoric on social media, where users mock what they see as ignorance about environmental collapse.
Why now: People are sharing and mocking climate-denial arguments they find absurd.
Evidence
- I'm afraid what we have here is just another American idiocrat... "While some of the posts are clearly trollish in nature, they betray sincere skepticism of climate change’s importance. “you shouldn’t even want to save the rainforest. the rainforest is a festering pit,” the… · remixtures@tldr.nettime.org · 4
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