May I take a stab, although it's a rhetorical question? It is hatred, as you say, promulgated largely by white, not-too-well-educated, older, straight men who feel disenfranchised. Thus they distrust intellectuals, liberated women, people of color, non-Christians, gays and science. Particularly they detest climate science because, god fo…
May I take a stab, although it's a rhetorical question? It is hatred, as you say, promulgated largely by white, not-too-well-educated, older, straight men who feel disenfranchised. Thus they distrust intellectuals, liberated women, people of color, non-Christians, gays and science. Particularly they detest climate science because, god forbid, they must look to a day without gasoline and sufficient water.
The thought of a world in which they are no longer the de facto top of the pecking order is anathema. It will all come to pass, of course, it's just that they are unable to accept it. The question is, will the rest of us be able to survive as individuals and as a nation while awaiting and fighting for justice, fairness and sensibility?
The (mostly) straight white men who are riding this whirlwind are in general exceptionally well educated. Most of the rest of what you write does apply, but I think you've left out a crucial piece: the generally well educated, extremely wealthy (mostly) straight white men who are financing all this angst.
True! I had in mind the yokels of Proud Boys, the idiots on the SCOTUS (I don't care if they are lawyers. They cannot think beyond their sponsors,) the lower income guys who watch all things Fox, and evangelical believers. But yes, the Kochs and their ilk are crafty to say the least. I don't think the rich white boys are quite the same, although the outcome is often similar. They are mostly not wanting to pay for social programs and "welfare queens" with all their ill-gotten gains. Uninhibited profiteering corporations are on the same list, too.
It's hard for me to guess what drives the Rs but I think you've said it here, Hope -- "white, not-too-well-educated, older, straight men who feel disenfranchised. Thus they distrust intellectuals, liberated women, people of color, non-Christians, gays and science. Particularly they detest climate science because, god forbid, they must look to a day without gasoline and sufficient water."
I think we are coming into very hard times re: climate change and food & water shortages. It will affect the underclasses mostl, and those you name (white, not-too-well-educated, older, straight men who feel disenfranchised) are struggling with all their might to stay on top. They are near drowning and they can't swim very well.
May I take a stab, although it's a rhetorical question? It is hatred, as you say, promulgated largely by white, not-too-well-educated, older, straight men who feel disenfranchised. Thus they distrust intellectuals, liberated women, people of color, non-Christians, gays and science. Particularly they detest climate science because, god forbid, they must look to a day without gasoline and sufficient water.
The thought of a world in which they are no longer the de facto top of the pecking order is anathema. It will all come to pass, of course, it's just that they are unable to accept it. The question is, will the rest of us be able to survive as individuals and as a nation while awaiting and fighting for justice, fairness and sensibility?
The (mostly) straight white men who are riding this whirlwind are in general exceptionally well educated. Most of the rest of what you write does apply, but I think you've left out a crucial piece: the generally well educated, extremely wealthy (mostly) straight white men who are financing all this angst.
True! I had in mind the yokels of Proud Boys, the idiots on the SCOTUS (I don't care if they are lawyers. They cannot think beyond their sponsors,) the lower income guys who watch all things Fox, and evangelical believers. But yes, the Kochs and their ilk are crafty to say the least. I don't think the rich white boys are quite the same, although the outcome is often similar. They are mostly not wanting to pay for social programs and "welfare queens" with all their ill-gotten gains. Uninhibited profiteering corporations are on the same list, too.
Man-ipulating it.
It's hard for me to guess what drives the Rs but I think you've said it here, Hope -- "white, not-too-well-educated, older, straight men who feel disenfranchised. Thus they distrust intellectuals, liberated women, people of color, non-Christians, gays and science. Particularly they detest climate science because, god forbid, they must look to a day without gasoline and sufficient water."
I think we are coming into very hard times re: climate change and food & water shortages. It will affect the underclasses mostl, and those you name (white, not-too-well-educated, older, straight men who feel disenfranchised) are struggling with all their might to stay on top. They are near drowning and they can't swim very well.