"The question remains: Why do conservatives insist on denying global warming, when they know that slowing down reform will result in the deaths of millions and widespread environmental destruction? There are two theories: 1) They’re in deep denial. 2) They know that global warming is real, but they don’t care. I think most cases of global warming denialism are a combination of both these urges. And different individuals have a mix to different degrees." - Steven Perez from Bookmarklet

"I’m forced to conclude that it’s because denying the reality of global warming achieves the central goal of wingnuttery: pissing off the liberals. And boy, is it effective! Those liberals sure get steamed when they think about how reckless behavior will result in millions of unnecessary deaths. They blow smoke out their ears when you drive around in an SUV precisely to show how little you give a shit if worldwide drought creates worldwide war. They may be smarter and cooler than you, but by being a mega-watt asshole of sociopathic proportions, you gain the upper hand because you piss them off. There are a lot of ways to piss liberals off. You can be pointlessly racist or sexist. You can sniff around in people’s private lives and carry on about how vegetarians are stupid. But few things really can top the global warming denialism. The sheer magnitude of the damage that it does is so severe that it’s impossible for liberals not to get upset. And so you win!" - Steven Perez

It's what I've been saying for years: Limbaugh and his clones are in the business of enabling assholery. They make wingnuts feel good about being assholes to other people. - Steven Perez