Letters to the Editor
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Denial
Paglia's denial of global warming is indicative of just how conceited the woman is. I do not pretend to understand the science of climate change, but it does seem that there is consensus among the scientists that man-made climate change is taking place. The other thing that strengthens the case is that the only dissenters take money from big oil. Please don't cite one or two contrarians who don't fit this description.
The fact is, if global warming were happening, the oil companies would spend money to fund deniers to keep the conversation open (at least in the eyes of the ignorant public). Since that is clearly happening...
I do wonder why people not employed by Exxon would waste the energy to argue against global warming. What do they gain from doing so? I think that the reason they do is because global warming represents a fundamental challenge to their worldview; it is a problem whose nature demands action on the part of nations and the international community. For people who hate the idea of the commonweal as a matter of ideology, it seems like they would rather die than admit that a problem requires collective action to address, hence the libertarian propaganda mills churning out anti-global warming bullshit.
Anyway, why does Salon let this woman write here? She is provocative for no reason. Saying that Rush has always supported US soldiers is laughable and had to have been done purely to provoke. That man has shit all over any soldier, past or present, who did not tow the line on all his bullshit.
When compared to Glenn Greenwald and Juan Cole, Paglia is just a bad joke.