Questions that conservatives can't answer
POSTED BY: kpo
UPDATED: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 23:15
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Ok we'll see how this goes.
This is for when you reach a point in a debate with a conservative where you ask a question that they simply can't answer. I invite you to post that question here. Think of it as claiming their scalp... and the idea is that we create a thread filled with pointy needles for puncturing right-wing bubbles...
Here's one:
Upon request, Auraptor can't name a scientific body or institution that disputes the theory of man-made climate change.
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And I reiterate my statement: Quote:
Until and unless Rap actually ANSWERS the question KPO posed and I and others have posed repeatedly, or posts a link to where he already did answer it, anything he writes stating he at some time DID answer it is bullshit. I have no memory of ever seeing a valid contradiction of the evidence of global warming from him, and I don't believe he's ever offered one.
We who acknowledge the reality of global warming/climate change/whatever you choose to call it HAVE put up our proof, data, facts, completely with cites, references, etc. more than once. We await your evidence to the contrary, Rap (or anyone else) and until you put something up ONCE--I promise to save whatever you put up to quote should anyone ask you again--any protestations of having proven the point previously are irrelevant and we can go right on snarking at you all we want. Because, you see, we know you CAN'T prove your point. It's that simple.
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I'd sooner believe in a god™ than the mythology of AGW.
I can and HAVE proven my point, y'all just dismiss it, completely out of hand, at every turn. It really is like trying to convince cult followers that their Jim Jones is a fraud. You simply can not see reality past the propaganda that you've been fed.
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
Resident USA Freedom Fundie
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Saying "Nuh-uh" isn't proving your point, dumbass. Go ahead, give us a link to ANYWHERE you have used actual, factual DATA to disprove anything.
We all know you won't - because you can't. All you'll do is say, yet again with zero evidence, that you already have. Its pathetic.
Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.
"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum
"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
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Storybook, I know I have offended your high holy religion of AGW, but guess what ?
I don't fucking care! 
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
Resident USA Freedom Fundie
" AU, that was great, LOL!! " - Chrisisall
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Quote:
Originally posted by kpo:
Upon request, Auraptor can't name a scientific body or institution that disputes the theory of man-made climate change.
All that proves, if it is indeed true, is that there isn't a scientific body or institution that disputes the theory of man-made climate change.
It doesn't prove that these institutions are CORRECT in supporting the theory of man-made climate change.
History of science is replete with examples of scientific institutions being incorrect in the theories they have supported.
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All that proves, if it is indeed true, is that there isn't a scientific body or institution that disputes the theory of man-made climate change.
It wasn't meant to 'prove' anything. What it is is a compelling statistic for anyone with respect for scientific opinion.
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History of science is replete with examples of scientific institutions being incorrect in the theories they have supported.
I doubt that you have any historical examples that you can compare to the thoroughly researched and scrutinised science of AGW, but if you do I'd be interested to hear them. Replete is a bold word. Consider how many times established science is challenged from the outside - every eccentric inventor who thinks he's built his own perpetual motion machine in his garage. As an anarchist you probably don't like it CTS, but the guardians of established science are virtually always right. Maybe one time in a thousand they are wrong. And those odds decrease the more the science in question is scrutinised and researched - which for AGW, is a lot.
It's not personal. It's just war.
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Rappy maintains that marriage is between a man and a woman, but he can't answer what he bases that opinion on, or where he gets his definitions.
We know it's not from the bible or any relgion. Right?
"I supported Bush in 2000 and 2004 and intellegence [sic] had very little to do with that decision." - Hero
"I was wrong" - Hero, 2012
Mitt Romney, introducing his running mate: "Join me in welcoming the next President of the United States, Paul Ryan!"
Rappy's response? "You're lying, gullible ( believing in some BS you heard on msnbc ) or hard of hearing."
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From many years ago...
Regarding evolution: I asked AntiMason (remember him?) how he explained the fossils that show up in museums,
M4P said: "The fossils of this transition [referring to a figure I posted] from toed feet to hooves have been found, in our very earth. I'm sure there are museums where you can go see these fossilized bones set out before you. How do you explain them away? Do you think scientists have faked them? Or do you just try really hard not to look?"
http://168.215.229.9/mthread.aspx?bid=18&tid=29741&p=6
Not only did Anti not answer, he left the site.
Conservatives will not address the evidence in the fossil record.
Earlier on that same thread, we lost Causal (I miss him!) because of this question by HKC, a question I found rather interesting:
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Originally posted by HKCavalier:
In the interest of discussion, I have a question for you--and anyone else here, of course, who has any thoughts on the matter:
Who says God is all powerful anyway? Why do the God fans hereabouts like this model so much that they present it as the only model for consideration?
Looks to me like belief in such a God is a belief in the final transcendent efficacy of control and dominance. It reflects a personal belief in the moral ascendancy of centralized authority and is therefore deeply hierarchical, judgemental and hostile to innocence, ignorance and egalitarianism. Such a view of the cosmos strikes me as, therefore, pathological. Such a God supports the belief that control is possible and desirable. Such a God would be a dangerous psychopath were we so unlucky as to be His children.
http://168.215.229.9/mreply.aspx?q=y&mid=522152
Causal made it a few more posts, but was so affronted by this criticism of God that he left the site.
Conservatives are so emotionally tied to the idea of "God" that they cannot have rational discussions about the ramifications of such an entity. They cannot apply logic to their belief system.
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Originally posted by AURaptor:
Storybook, I know I have offended your high holy religion of AGW, but guess what ?
I don't fucking care!
That's adorable. You call accepting science a "religion"... but think your fact-free, idealogically driven view is grounded rationality. Much like a toddler, you are.
But thank you for verifying, once again - that you cannot give one single solitary piece of evidence backing your claims.
That's okay, no one expected a coward like you to do any better. You don't fucking care about facts or evidence... yes, yes, we know that about you already.
Excuse me while I soak in all these sweet, sweet conservative tears.
"We will never have the elite, smart people on our side." -- Rick "Frothy" Santorum
"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"
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