Climate change deniers,
Or "skeptics," a term
preferred
By some--but really it's all
Semantics: it's just a word--
Possess very strong feelings
About the subject, which
From their point of view
Possesses many a glitch.
To start with there are words
They don't want to hear.
Words like "global
warming"
Instill inordinate fear
In their paranoid brains;
And "global temperatures
rising"
Also makes them shudder--
For reasons not surprising.
They don't want to hear
You mention "greenhouse
gasses."
That's a conspiracy theory
To trick the gullible masses.
When talking climate change,
They clearly get their strokes
By claiming there's no basis
And that it's all a hoax.
They say if CO2
Levels are increasing,
That's just Earth's gasses
That nature is releasing.
Humans have very little
To do with the matter.
And talk of sea levels rising
Is just alarmist chatter.
Unless one hundred percent
Of scientists all concur,
They'll continue to be
A climate change saboteur;
For ninety-seven percent
Of experts aren't enough,
When there are a few crackpots
To justify a rebuff.
Questionable news sources
Constantly on the air
Manipulate propaganda
With journalistic flair.
You'd think the deniers would
find
The info truly obscene
That the Kochs, coal, and big
oil
Fund the denial machine.
If you bring up
"glaciers,"
Deniers say it's bunk
To say that they're
disappearing.
They'll say they've
merely…shrunk.
Deniers love cherry-picking
And crafty "logical"
fallacies,
Both of which don't stand up
To critical analyses.
Why is it they can't give
The facts a careful look?
Why is their major concern
The corporate pocket book?
They need to learn that no one
Is out to get or deceive them--
That certain things can be true
Whether or not they believe
them.
-by Bob B (4-9-15; 2-12-18)
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