From Human Voices: Drill until we drop
A recent poll shows that despite the total lack of evidence and the extreme unlikeliness of the scenario, nine or ten percent of Americans do believe Limbaugh's idiotic proposition that it was the "enviros" behind the drilling platform explosion, but the scary part is that 22% are "unsure." Amongst self-identified Conservatives, the number jumps to 44% who believe it was sabotage by liberals. The evidence to the contrary is out there, the evidence for it isn't out there, so either 31% are unable to assimilate it by reason of dementia or have no interest in the survival of the USA as we think we know it -- or Like many aged people, they've given up and are simply wandering in a senile, paranoid daze of denialism looking for their lost youth and vigor.
"Perhaps most surprisingly 21% of voters said the spill made them more likely to support offshore drilling,"
I didn't care for the 'aged people' slam, but I'll forgive it for now since the rest of the message was just fine. But...as a self identified aged person (as we will all become...if we're lucky) I think the author needs a lesson on Ageism.
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