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When Deniers Stoke the Fires

When we start off one rarely realizes all the true scientific downstream consequences of our original acts When we hear the key click in the car's ignition we know it revs up the entirety of the auto industry complex When we go out to the grocery and we pick up dozens of pretty plastic packages this vaults the massive merchandise market forward When deniers proudly posit Climate Change is cyclical and can correct itself then they claim that only they see absolute answers proofs of holy writs and works just as science seems so godless in their minds When each misguided decision begets further derision begging rationalized conclusions bringing on dire resolutions When denial shrewdly spreads it tortures the truth basic beliefs get gleefully tossed so human is our concern we truly never do learn that denial can be final When intellectual infractions can't weather weak actions are actually appalling to the masses befalling those who huddle and muddle trembling in their fears When plunderers are parading as species are fading while insidiously invading our innocence ever near When putting denial on trial cautious whispers little hissings crossing corridors of debate truth continually comes too late a well-hidden worn word is the one least often heard hence hard logic gets slurred woefully ends in the absurd

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Date: 5/13/2022 10:32:00 AM
In the immortal words of Homer Simpson “Just because I don’t care, doesn’t mean I don’t understand” I’m not sure if it’s all denial Greg, probably 50/50 is apathetic indifference, excellent indictment of humanity, cheers David
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David Kavanagh
Date: 5/13/2022 2:10:00 PM
Your last line is now prophetic
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Greg Gaul
Date: 5/13/2022 11:16:00 AM
David, when you bring afoot all the intellectual powers of Homer into play, I must humbly quiver into supplication. Sadly there's probably more truth in what Homer said in 10 words than I did in over 200. No worries, so it goes. Thanks ever so for your visit and fun comment.

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