Monday, December 14, 2009

The Ungreening of America

Ed Kilgore is an interesting and perceptive guy who is almost always worth reading even if you suspect he is wrong. A rare exception to this rule is his article about why support for action on climate change is declining.

Kilgore gives three reasons that are really only two. The first reason is that support for environmental causes always declines during hard times. The second is that evil people on the other side of the debate are succeeding.

Nowhere does Kilgore hint at or allow for the possibility of some mistake by environmentalists themselves. That is telling.

You'd think by now that the combination of declaring the debate to be over while simultaneously demonizing anyone who disagrees with you would easily be recognizable as a bad strategy. Even if you're right you have to fight fairly. People will notice if you don't and it will hurt your credibility.

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