so we understand that Republicans and Democrats differ on
you know climate change what should be done about it and whether not even trust
the science itself but apparently
if you dig a little bit below the surface are much more interesting
numbers there
it's not about the difference between Republicans and Democrats between
republicans
and insane right-wing Tea Partiers and so we got some information coming from a
study by the University of New Hampshire let's bring up this first chart
you'll see their the top line a feature those groups are the most important ones
though that's the
the percent error saying that the trust environmental science
scientists talking about climate change in this case who the democrats are
incredibly likely to say they trust the scientist eighty-three percent
independent depressingly down there near the Republican number with 63 to the
republican
sixty and there's a gap there between Democrats and Republicans but look at
the gap between republicans and
self-professed Tea Party earth tea partiers are less than half as likely to
say
that they trust scientists when it comes to environmental issues
that is not just sort of shocking but it's also depressing and it's pretty sad
that we can have I mean these are not ten-year-olds and then the classes yet
these are fifty sixty seven-year-old
who have grown up in just don't trust with trained professionals are saying I
just ordered the people that would not
trust an expert in a given field not everybody is correct obviously but as
the
general Pima experts if you were to the
bright your back you would go to a chiropractor probably
and you wouldn't go to a say a podiatrist
and an expert in a different part of the body I just don't understand how you
could take a whole group
and I this is Jess what we live in a country that believes in the literal
existence of angels and believe in psychics and believe the black hole my
to swallow the plate 370 like they have a lot of really believe that
and usually does a relatively people that
thank you dont probable problem those are usually pretty harmless but here
we're talking about something where
even if we marshal all over economic
power influence worldwide to do something about it as a country we might
not be able to stop at this point we have to at least try
any locals are stopping us from Eva doing that well because I'm kinda expert
comment
and I think not uncommon sight signs particularly can make two points
I the first point is its if you can put that chart back up because they
they split the republicans they go look how the regular republicans are quite as
crazy cuz sixty percent of them trust
science but you can split the republicans like that you have to put
the Tea Party years
and the republicans together and I'm pretty sure if you did that you have
less than 50 percent
your average republican trusting science so
that's a big problem and I think that stems from a lot from mom
misinformation it also stems from I've said this before I don't this is in
scientific this is my guess
that you know they'd learn bad ways of thinking because they're all really
religious
so they've learned how to just push backs out of the way and they've learned
to just whatever I'm
there's or somebody explain it that the difference between a progressive in the
conservatives and the use up solutions to problems as bus
I conservatives think their solution
works because it's the right solution progressives think their solution
is the right solution because it works oh those are two different things right
it's a bit longer fit on a bumper sticker but I like it
yet we can put on a t-shirt and then get on with your ass if but they said well I
i do you like that
yeah II so
it's hard to get a rise in the Jimmy but OK so if you put together dip you look
at the Tea Party statistics
if you put together the people who are unsure and don't know if
scientists are lying to them about climate change and the ones who just
don't trust them
that's almost eighty percent that's a doubt it & Tea Party years
completely rejecting science and these people want a seat at the table
making policy about climate science yep now thankfully at least in the most
recent round of primaries that we had a and
I think there are three senate primaries are on the republican side the Tea
Partiers lost
they at least they're losing a little bit other political influence at least
in terms of electing with a what
but they still have political influence in forcing establishment mainstream
conservative Republicans to push farther towards the right
so I it's okay though you think is bounce back out to the center
yes good Christian Center after cuz what you got them out of the way it could be
but they could fear the next time around there could be another challenge
on I don't know I mean I guess we can see if Mitchell tells the same
turtle that he was two years ago yeah I think he might have been influenced that
they also looked at
up all Republicans including tea partiers and Democrats and they showed
how big a gap there was in their support for dealing with certain things
the biggest gap with something obvious whether or not they approve Obama
seventy-two percent gap between Democrats and Republicans
climate change is this the second-biggest after approving at the
Democratic president there's no issue
there's more disagreement on between Democrats Republicans and again as we
should the last char
the Republican scores being weighted down by idiotic Tea Partiers
but there is some but something they agree on like 8 there's only eighteen
percent gap on Gmail light labels which i think is interesting
I and evolution 23 percent gap which means there's twice a bigot
twice as big a gap on climate change is on
evolution which is seemingly one of the most divisive issues in america today
so I'm a little confused so you're saying that
the Tea Party years I twice as many of them
a discount the science on
climate change as do on evolution well that the gap in like saying we should do
something about it or the highest evolution believing that it's happening
okay basically it like how different the two groups are
place is big for climate change a threat are okay that's really saying
okay as anyway and in the final point before we move on is
remember when the Tea Party was getting all worked up all geared up and they
were they were being described it we're getting attacked for saying they are
extremist so they're they're crazy in some way
and they said no we're not crazy we just care about fiscal issues and we want
fiscal discipline in the country we want these massive bailouts
what does that have to do with climate change so much a crazy people pretending
to care about pocketbook issues but they're just
appraise your version of the crazy republicans will be dealing with the
past 30 years
I would say willfully ignorant that's what I would say you know also willfully
I would say that but but
you know i mean the Republican Party Box knew they have built
their entire business model is bill that misinformation
you know i mean that they're not about getting people educated to the back so
we can make rational decisions
it's about pushing bullshit that their donors want the push like the Koch
brothers
so that's as a result that's the result a bit