The blind celebrating the blind

This call, that took place during Rush Limbaugh’s radio “show” between Rush and a 13 year old, makes me very sad.

RUSH: You mean…? Hold it just second. Alex, you’re at the health food store, and it’s cold out there. It’s March. You’re there in March, it’s cold, and two people in there are surprised that it’s cold because it’s global warming outside?
CALLER: Exactly.
RUSH: And they still concluded, “Well, we’re still in global warming”?
CALLER: Yes.
RUSH: But they were shocked. This is hilarious. You know, Alex, there are none so blind as those who will not see, and that’s what you’re running up against. Where did you find this evidence? How hard was it for you to research?
CALLER: It wasn’t that hard to learn it. There is pretty much a lot of evidence that you can find. I personally just went to the local library and looked up books. That’s what I did.
RUSH: You went to the library?
CALLER: Yeah.
RUSH: You didn’t use a computer?
CALLER: No, I didn’t. Well, yeah, my mom got me one article from the computer. Yeah.
RUSH: Wow. I’m surprised you find evidence of this at the library. That’s heartening. Why did you want to do this? What made you doubt the people who believe that there’s global warming?
CALLER: Well, over the radio we listen to different things. I’ve heard lots of evidence that man-made global warming is a hoax. And since I’m doing speeches, I thought it was a very interesting topic. I want to learn more about this. I guess I just always doubted that. There’s so much evidence that global warming is not man-made.

This kid has some actual curiosity and did the right thing by following up questions with actual research. Of course, he’s no climate scientist and can’t tell actual science from the lies churned out by the fossil fuels industry and conservatives against the environment. It makes me sad to see this kid fall for the lies and sadder to see his ignorance celebrated by other ignoramuses.

It is also worth noting that this kid showed more sense than most climate-denying Congressmen who deny global warming but are too lazy or stupid to even attempt research.