Conservatives are doing everything they can to convince Americans the hazardous air quality has nothing to do with climate change

Ok, I can get sort of disagreeing the wildfires are from climate change - that’s a couple of logical steps you have to make. But “It’s not causing anyone to cough” is plainly ludicrous. It was making me cough when I went outside.

“It doesn’t smell bad”? Maybe they have COVID and lost their sense of smell altogether? It certainly smelled bad to me. And if you thought it smelled great - wow. I just don’t ever want to be around you if you like those sorts of smells. I can’t see it actually working with anyone who’s ever been in wildfire smoke before - like you don’t need science or education or anything to notice if it makes you cough, or tell something doesn’t smell great.

  • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I think its disingenuous to say that right wing media is saying this. Most right wing media I’ve seen does not deny that the smoke is dangerous. While some people have claimed that there is little to no health risk, as far as I’m aware no one has tried to describe it as “a good thing”. The article you linked has no purpose but to spread baseless hate and negativity, much like most right wing media.

    • morrowind@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      I’d say it’s inaccurate to claim right wing media in general is claiming it’s a good thing, but as for anyone claiming such, well, there’s an example in the article

      Greg Kelly on Newsmax blamed them on “our woke friends to the north,” before describing the smoke as “manageable,” “not an unpleasant odor,” and “a beautiful, interesting aura.”

      • sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I read the article, this is not an example of a claim that its’s a good thing. Sure its a laughable attempt to downplay how serious it is, but he in no way claimed it was overall a good thing. Manageable means it is negative but not significant, he isn’t praising wildfires and begging for more of them.

        • kamenoko@sh.itjust.works
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          1 year ago

          This is going to be the worst year for forest fires in Canada, ever. They’re downplaying the implication of this because they’re the ones who keep making laws to keep industrial polluters safe.