It's almost comedic how correct the Christian Right was in the early 2000s about the Gay Agenda™ and how it would affect our children and the future. Even most "conservatives" didn't take them seriously at the time.
No one takes dire warnings seriously until they come true. And those who want things to go in a given direction, claim that these predictions are completely ludicrous until they come true, at which point it's a good thing.
How many times have you heard that complaints about today's youth are as old as Socrates, and that they therefore should not be taken seriously? Not only do they never have any sources for it, but it's a huge fallacy, but it doesn't stop them.
If explanatory power is the measure of an ideology, then the "insane rantings" of Christian conservatives have proven infinitely more reliable than the "settled science" of climate change.
Ten years ago, I would have bet every dollar I had against this outcome.
No one takes dire warnings seriously until they come true. And those who want things to go in a given direction, claim that these predictions are completely ludicrous until they come true, at which point it's a good thing.
How many times have you heard that complaints about today's youth are as old as Socrates, and that they therefore should not be taken seriously? Not only do they never have any sources for it, but it's a huge fallacy, but it doesn't stop them.
If explanatory power is the measure of an ideology, then the "insane rantings" of Christian conservatives have proven infinitely more reliable than the "settled science" of climate change.
Ten years ago, I would have bet every dollar I had against this outcome.