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‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge
(www.theguardian.com)
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This is absolutely baffling being from practically any other English speaking country.
I mean, we have our share of crazies, but they're a tiny proportion.
It's one thing to doubt the well established climate science (very frustrating), but it's another thing to actually believe humans can precisely control the weather.
It's extremely troubling knowing these people exist, and can vote in the most powerful country on earth.
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Something, something if you believe in things without evidence (religion) it's not actually that surprising. And we (Australia) are much less religious than you. Though, this is certainly my bias talking.
This is relatively unique to the US because there IS a conspiracy. And it's orchestrated by an unorganized, disconnected cabal of wealthy elite... conservatives, who have for decades advanced a remarkable campaign of anti-intellectualism. The noted scholar Donald J. Trump eloquently described their aims when he spoke about how they "love the uneducated."
The Heritage Foundation is anything but unorganized.
Even being in the US, it is just as baffling, yet it is also somehow completely believable because some of us get to see it up close.
It’s insane knee-jerk team sports by people who tend to not get affected by certain social issues.
Canada shambles into chat, points depressingly at Pierre “PeePee” Polivere and our CPC and PPC parties, then walks back out shaking it’s head
Oh I'm not saying they're not loud, or don't exist (I can only speak directly on my perceptions in Australia though). Additionally, there are also a much larger group of people who I think are greedy, or mislead (in my opinion), but the straight up conspiracy theorist crazies?
I think it's not a stretch to say that's more mainstream in the USA, and I cannot pinpoint an obvious reason at a cursory look. Even if the education system is as bad as claimed, surely, the God fearing wouldn't believe the democrats can control the wrath of said god.
But yeah, things sure are getting wild in the rest of the anglosphere too haha, so touche
I mean cloud seeding has been happening for a very long time. I first heard of it as a story about a dude in the '50's pissed the ski season sucked flew up and just dumped dry ice at a lower-ish Altitude somewhere up in the ADKs and sure as shit it works... under very specific conditions and nothing like how the mad skier did it.
It's honestly not that baffling of a jump from cloud seeding to hurricane inseminating when you put it side by side with shit like flat earthers, Christianity, Tom Brady winning 7 rings deflating footballs, aliens building ancient architecture, the music city miracle wasn't a forward lateral, Brett Hull's skate wasnt in the goal crease for the 99 Stanley Cup winning goal, government using vaccines to drug the public rather than just putting drugs in toilet paper for 1/1billionth the cost and 100% distribution efficiency... etc. (Totally fucked myself by throwing a blanket over all of Christianity instead of itemizing shit like eating meat on Friday and humans have been around for only 2000 years lol)