A great list - originated in a tweet from Tom Nelson, picked up and amplified by Don Surber.
The list:
Why they fell for the global warming hoax.
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- The pseudo-intellectuals fell for it because none of them cracked a science book.
- The policy wonks fell for it because it gave the government more control.
- The bleeding hearts fell for it because they always want to save the Earth.
- The communists fell for it because it portrayed the capitalists as wanting to destroy the Earth to make money.
- The capitalists fell for it because they saw it as a new way to make money.
- The Hollywood crowd fell for it because championing the cause gave meaning to their pampered lives.
- The trust fund babies fell for it for the same reason.
- The newspapers fell for it because it was new.
- The teachers fell for it because it was a new thing to teach kids instead of the boring old lessons.
- The kids fell for it because they wanted to please their teacher.
- The parents fell for it because their kids got A's in it.
- The utility companies fell for it because they can raise rates when they sell more expensive alternate forms of energy.
- The Nobel Peace Prize committee fell for it because they wanted to give Al Gore a consolation prize for losing in 2000.
- The Oscar voters fell for it because they felt Al Gore was gypped in 2000.
- The Grammy voters fell for it for the same reason.
- The scientists fell for it because even though it was not in their field of expertise, they wanted to show solidarity.
100% spot on. Nobody really bothered to go outside with a thermometer or to analyze the real reasons for certain phenomena. Now that there was this universal bogeyman, it was so easy to blame everything on it.
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