In a 4/15/20 letter published in the New Jersey
Star-Ledger, Linda DePay writes, in part:
As the April 8 editorial (“Trump’s
blindness on COVID-19 echoes his failure on climate”) made clear, leaders who fail to understand or value
scientific evidence endanger us all.
In confronting the current pandemic, let’s remember that we have
an even more serious problem to address. As the 50th anniversary of Earth Day
draws near (April 22), young people are telling us that we are in a climate
emergency. [My emphasis]
This is an emerging theme. But the very idea of
equating the COVID-19 pandemic to climate change is not only wrong. It is
senseless gibberish on its face. We need to understand the value of words, let
alone science. “Climate emergency” is logically an utterly useless term.
“Climate” and “emergency” are two terms that are about as far apart
linguistically as any two words can be. “Climate” is an averaging out over a
period of years and decades of weather measurements such as precipitation,
temperature, and wind. “Emergency” is a sudden, unforeseen, and short term
event or set of circumstances requiring immediate action. Since climate is an
abstract average spanning years, it fits no part of the definition of an
emergency.
But “climate emergency” is useful as a package
deal for people with a cause who want to put something over an unsuspecting
public. It suits the Environmentalist movement because Environmentalists
are at war
with human impact on the planet, and want to minimize
human improvement of nature as quickly as possible regardless of the impact on
human well-being. And it suits democratic socialists because it aids in
advancing their criminal
socialist agenda.
“We need immediate action, so we need emergency
powers to fight climate change and economic inequality and social injustice, et
al, your freedom notwithstanding!” The COVID-19 pandemic is a real emergency.
Some temporary restrictions on our freedom is understandable, although the
nature of the restrictions that are warranted is certainly debatable. But
“climate emergence” implies indefinite--read permanent--individual rights
restrictions, because assessing climate change is a decades long process.
Yes, some young people are telling us there is a
climate emergency. Young people were also told there is a Santa Claus, an
Easter Bunny, and a Tooth Fairy. And who is infecting them with the term
“climate emergency?” Adults who want to exploit young people in order to push a
political or Environmentalist agenda--certainly not people with reverence for
the value of scientific evidence.
When you hear the term “climate emergency,”
you've entered useful idiot territory. A “useful idiot” is defined by Mirriam-Webster as “a naive or credulous person who can be
manipulated or exploited to advance a cause or political agenda.” The
useful idiots among us need to wake up and think. They are victims of the intellectuals
who concocted the “climate emergency” (or “climate crisis”). These
intellectuals are endangering us all, both in terms of our individual liberty
and in our ability to make the natural world safer and more conducive to human
flourishing.
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