Ostrich wingnuts
by digby
Conservative backlash spread on social media after the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics’ opening ceremony featured a warning about climate change.
The primetime spectacle started with a young boy with a Pau-Brasil tree in the center of the stadium, a rare tree on on the list of Brazil’s endangered plants.
A video then showed a dramatic depiction of Earth and several major cities affected by rising water levels as Antarctic ice sheets rapidly melt.While some were happy the Olympics used its global stage to focus on climate change, many social media users were quick to point to Brazil’s own environmental issues and blast the Olympics for pushing the message.
So much propaganda at #OpeningCeremony, from “Climate Change” to “Refugees”, it’s like watching Democrat convention. https://t.co/OMDRcv1x1Z— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) August 6, 2016
Environmental propaganda to Globalist audience as dilapidated infrastructure and shattered economy 500 feet from stadium. #OpeningCeremony— Comrade Roark (@RoarkHoward_) August 6, 2016
So much propaganda at #OpeningCeremony, from “Climate Change” to “Refugees”, it’s like watching Democrat convention. https://t.co/OMDRcv1x1Z— Nick Short (@PoliticalShort) August 6, 2016
That’s because the liberal position is the mainstream and not just in the US. Sorry, fringey.
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