In honor of Blog Action Day for the environment, which is today, I just wanted to say, very briefly, why I care about the environment and why I take the threat of global climate change very, very seriously.
Yes, I’m generally a rational person, and I have a scientific bent. Yes, I’m a progressive and a liberal, and the environment is traditionally a concern for progressives and liberals. Yes, I’m an atheist and therefore I accept, whole-heartedly, the idea that humans can affect the environment and the planet.
Yes, yes, all of that is true. But it’s not the main reason.
The main reason I care about the environment and why I take the threat of human-caused global warming seriously is because it pisses off the dead-ender right-wing trolls. Trolls like “Curt” who vented his impotent rage in the comment thread of my previous post.
For every comment I get on my blog that is anti-global climate change, anti-environment, or anti-progressive/liberal causes in general, I’ll be making a donation to an environmental group, like Greenpeace, The Nature Conservancy or The Sierra Club.
Feel free to try to break the bank, dead-enders… It’ll only hurt you in the long run by energizing your “enemies”.