That's the question that begs with all these GOPers telling the Pope to mind his own business on climate change.
As Greg Sargent notes while the castigate the Pope's concerns about global warming as not being rooted in science they themselves are normally very happy to preface they're denials of climate change with the admission that 'I'm not a science but...'
But 'I'm going to weigh in and make policy on what I know nothing about.'
"It’s interesting that some Republicans are going to argue that the Pope’s diagnosis is not rooted in science, when those same Republicans are at odds with the scientific consensus holding that global warming is happening, that it’s caused by human activity, and that it poses a range of urgent future threats."
"The GOP response on climate of late has been a bit puzzling. Many Republicans have been employing the same “I’m not a scientist” response to climate questions with suspicious regularity. The suggestion is that that their own lack of expertise somehow precludes them — as elected officials — from basing their own responses on the issue on what actual scientists do say. And so it’ll be interesting to see how many other Republicans follow the King/Inhofe formulation and suggest that the Pope should stick to theology."
As Greg Sargent notes while the castigate the Pope's concerns about global warming as not being rooted in science they themselves are normally very happy to preface they're denials of climate change with the admission that 'I'm not a science but...'
But 'I'm going to weigh in and make policy on what I know nothing about.'
"It’s interesting that some Republicans are going to argue that the Pope’s diagnosis is not rooted in science, when those same Republicans are at odds with the scientific consensus holding that global warming is happening, that it’s caused by human activity, and that it poses a range of urgent future threats."
"The GOP response on climate of late has been a bit puzzling. Many Republicans have been employing the same “I’m not a scientist” response to climate questions with suspicious regularity. The suggestion is that that their own lack of expertise somehow precludes them — as elected officials — from basing their own responses on the issue on what actual scientists do say. And so it’ll be interesting to see how many other Republicans follow the King/Inhofe formulation and suggest that the Pope should stick to theology."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2015/06/17/morning-plum-the-pope-isnt-a-scientist-republicans-point-out/
Will it change GOP minds? Yes, I'm joking. Even Sargent admits that's not exactly likely. The whole mindset of conservatism is that not changing your mind is a good thing. They believe themselves in possession of verities that will always be true.
Or as Stephen Colbert once said at George W. Bush's roast 'Here is a guy who is going to think on Wednesday what he thought on Tuesday; no matter what happened on Tuesday.
The only solution is to get them out of office.
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