tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post7857510967471787159..comments2024-03-27T17:27:49.087-04:00Comments on Strangely Blogged: Climate Sunday: CPAC EditionVixen Strangelyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-91213592545123415112013-03-19T02:08:38.849-04:002013-03-19T02:08:38.849-04:00CPAC released gross stupidity at times in rather t...<i>CPAC released gross stupidity at times in rather the way fracking releases methane.</i><br /><br />I'm sure the CPAC attendees released plenty of methane as well.<br /><br /><i>conservatives aren't primarily motivated by stuff like small government, they are motivated to do stuff they think gets liberals mad.</i><br /><br />I think this is largely due to the fact that they project their own rage on their opponents. I don't hate them, I pity them.<br /><br />Big Bad Bald Bastardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01983025559556548658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-58020095506000981552013-03-18T18:29:11.574-04:002013-03-18T18:29:11.574-04:00I know they did a post-mortem on the 2012 election...I know they did a post-mortem on the 2012 elections trying to figure out what they did wrong--I could do it for them cheap and easy: that stuff they do to piss of liberals? It's starting to piss off everyone else, too. Vixen Strangelyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01976594951225450413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-39366110705478408292013-03-18T10:12:43.006-04:002013-03-18T10:12:43.006-04:00But the above clip doesn't strike me as being ...<i>But the above clip doesn't strike me as being about reasonable concerns. It is, rather, a "Fuck you" to killjoy liberals who aren't either so smart and who just want everyone to have a bad time for no reason</i><br /><br />unfortunately, that is the attitude that seems to drive a lot of the conservative movement. as atrios once said, conservatives aren't primarily motivated by stuff like small government, they are motivated to do stuff they think gets liberals mad. that's actually why they have stuck with sarah palin despite zero evidence that she is a very effective politician or advocate for anything. my conservative friends and relations are all convinced--utterly convinced--that she "pisses off liberals" and they love her for it. that attitude is also what was behind <a href="http://www.bluevirginia.us/diary/8900/outrageous-tweet-by-erick-erickson" rel="nofollow">eric erickson's recent tweet about the pope</a>.<br /><br />it's the same thing with environmental issues. liberals want people to conserve electricity, so a few years ago a bunch of righty bloggers tried to get people to leave their lights on! it's insane, but it's a big motivator for a lot of people with a persecution complex. the energy industry has its own profits to motivate it to oppose environmental policies. but the average conservative who doesn't profit from this stuff needs something else. and that something else is kicking liberals.upyernozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13468075957480441353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6436782247272162797.post-71115335978598499142013-03-18T09:53:31.917-04:002013-03-18T09:53:31.917-04:00One of the main contributors, I allege, to human-c...<i>One of the main contributors, I allege, to human-caused climate change, is gross stupidity.</i><br /><br />Agreed. And its brother, greed.<br />~ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®©https://www.blogger.com/profile/06252371815131259831noreply@blogger.com