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A Profile of the Climate Change Denier
The climate change denier,
Or "skeptic," a term preferred
By some--but really it's all
Semantics: it's just a word--
Possesses very strong feelings
About the subject, which
From his point of view
Possesses many a glitch.
To start with there are words
He doesn't want to hear.
For example, "global warming"
Instills inordinate fear
In his paranoid brain;
And "global temperatures rising"
Also makes him shudder--
For reasons not surprising.
He doesn't want to hear
You mention "greenhouse gasses."
That's a conspiracy theory
To trick the gullible masses.
In discussing climate change,
He clearly gets his strokes
By claiming there's no evidence
And that it's all a hoax.
She says 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,
She'll continue to be
A climate change saboteur;
For ninety-seven percent
Of experts aren't enough,
When three percent of crackpots
Can justify a rebuff.
Questionable news sources
Constantly on the air
Manipulate propaganda
With a journalistic flair.
You'd think the denier would find
The info truly obscene
That the Kochtopus, big oil, and coal
Fund the denial machine.
If you bring up "glaciers,"
She'll say it's a lot of bunk
To say that they're disappearing.
She'll say they've merely…shrunk.
The denier loves 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?
Deniers need to realize
That no one's trying to deceive them,
And that certain things are true
Whether or not they believe them.
(4-9-15)
Or "skeptic," a term preferred
By some--but really it's all
Semantics: it's just a word--
Possesses very strong feelings
About the subject, which
From his point of view
Possesses many a glitch.
To start with there are words
He doesn't want to hear.
For example, "global warming"
Instills inordinate fear
In his paranoid brain;
And "global temperatures rising"
Also makes him shudder--
For reasons not surprising.
He doesn't want to hear
You mention "greenhouse gasses."
That's a conspiracy theory
To trick the gullible masses.
In discussing climate change,
He clearly gets his strokes
By claiming there's no evidence
And that it's all a hoax.
She says 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,
She'll continue to be
A climate change saboteur;
For ninety-seven percent
Of experts aren't enough,
When three percent of crackpots
Can justify a rebuff.
Questionable news sources
Constantly on the air
Manipulate propaganda
With a journalistic flair.
You'd think the denier would find
The info truly obscene
That the Kochtopus, big oil, and coal
Fund the denial machine.
If you bring up "glaciers,"
She'll say it's a lot of bunk
To say that they're disappearing.
She'll say they've merely…shrunk.
The denier loves 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?
Deniers need to realize
That no one's trying to deceive them,
And that certain things are true
Whether or not they believe them.
(4-9-15)
