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Ok, I can get sort of disagreeing the wildfires are from climate change - that's a couple of logical steps you have to make. But "It's not causing anyone to cough" is plainly ludicrous. It was making me cough when I went outside.

"It doesn't smell bad"? Maybe they have COVID and lost their sense of smell altogether? It certainly smelled bad to me. And if you thought it smelled great - wow. I just don't ever want to be around you if you like those sorts of smells. I can't see it actually working with anyone who's ever been in wildfire smoke before - like you don't need science or education or anything to notice if it makes you cough, or tell something doesn't smell great.

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[–] overfox@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think there is a lot of pride to be conservative coming into play here. Hard to explain, but I sometimes see this in my family. They proudly present their ignorance to show off their conservativism, hold it in front of them like a banner. When I inquire a bit deeper their views are often a bit more reasonable, it just feels like average boomers wanting to be cool by flaunting their ignorance, as weird as this sounds.

[–] RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Well yeah, they wouldn't want to be a stupid science bitch.

[–] pieceofcrazy@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah it feels like most right wing people are more progressive than they think.

I'm not from the U.S. but everytime I talk with a conservative we agree on a lot of things once they stop talking with slogans