Giardiasis said:
I know she is a leftist because only a leftist would agree to do an ad that tries to get people to agree with government policy. Besides that, it is as just an obvious fact. It is relevant because leftist's like to think they have a unique understanding of the world, and generally like to fight for causes. Any opportunity to save the world is taken. The problem is that they are often wrong and don't seem to be accountable for their mistakes. Has Tim Flannery for example suffered any consequences for telling us that Sydney and Perth would be out of water by now a few years back? No, he gets a nice government salary to tell us what the government wants him to tell us. If an engineer made a mistake and a beam collapsed in a building, he would lose his job and more. So the point is a leftist can tell us how he/she thinks should be run, but chances are they haven't got a clue, and more to the point someone like CB is clearly driven by ideology, not by a good understanding of the scientific evidence.
The AGW debate is very much a left vs right debate, because the left see it as a mechanism to introduce socialism and big government. People don't need to know anything about the science to form an opinion, so it's not surprising that as a rule, leftists agree with it and righties don't.
Oh dear . Leftist , rightist , centrist or a dentist is no interest to me . Its labels which try to put people in boxes . I prefer to try and think for myself.
Lets deal with a few of your points
1. You know Cate Blanchett is a leftist because only a leftist would do an ad that tries to get people to agree with Government Policy and also its an obvious fact . Give me a break , that’s not even an argument , it has no basis in fact . Try again but as I said it is not relevant.
2. Leftists think they have a unique understanding of the world. Everyone with a strong opinion thinks that no matter where they sit in the political spectrum.
3. Leftists like to fight for causes. Thank goodness that in this world we have had people who have fought for causes throughout history. Change generally happens because people fight for things, not in a physical sense but with the power of their minds and their arguments . Don’t you think that Sarah Palin is fighting for a cause , is she a leftist too?
4. People leaning left and people leaning right both make mistakes to say that one is accountable and the other isn’t is just plain wrong . I have no idea why Tim Flannery is relevant , is he a leftist too ? All I know is what he thinks about Climate change , he could be a raging rightie with the rest of his opinions as far as I know .
5. The rest is opinion not fact . Like lefties can tell us how things are to be run and the chances are they haven’t got a clue . In your opinion of course , so it’s not a well reasoned argument , it’s an opinion .
As for the last point I am speechless. Do you honestly think that this whole debate from the point of view of those who want to introduce a carbon price is about socialism and big Government ? I have read this thread and you seem to have a good handle on the facts that you use to put forward your argument , don’t demean that process by introducing this type of garbage straight from the Andrew Bolt playbook.
Whilst this debate is made out to be left versus right and it is politicised it will continue to be the sham that it is today . I may or may not agree with a carbon tax or the science of climate change , that is not relevant to my argument , but what I believe has no bearing on what I think of other government policies or of the policies of the opposition. I will not be put in a box because of what I think on one issue nor should anyone else.
