Celebrity intellectualism is a strange cocktail of comical and cynical kind of ignorance.
Petulant in its conceit and despite the glittering glamor of their profession, spectacularly boring.
So.
Jimmy 'A tear for your soul' Kimmel and George Clooney teamed up to produce and present a PSA about science. Just to show how much 'they fucking love science' they made sure to spice it up with 'dumbfuckery'.
Nothing says cool and conveying your argument better than with a swear word - or two. Or many.
The ultimate irony is they weren't speaking for science on any level. They were emoting. They were condescendingly demanding submission with their appeals to emotion and authority.
A couple of things about the video (which you can view for yourself here). George Clooney is not an intellectual, but he plays the part well on TV.
Before the video, Kimmel paints the usual bull shit about 'earf' in dire straits with 'a million extinctions'.
He sounded like such a child. First of all, that's the story of earth and living organisms. They go extinct. They always did long before we arrived on the scene and so they will - presumably - if we ourselves go extinct (something the death cult known as progressives probably cheer on).
Secondly, the fact is - and this is fact - we've never been more prosperous and healthier at any point in human history. Yes, there are challenges to the environment and its up to us as humans to do our part and best to ensure its health but even here, the care we take with the environment in the West is unsurpassed. We do pretty well on this front.
OMG 1 MILLION SPECIES EXTINK AND WE HAVE 12 YEARS TO LIVE!
Nice little piece of specious fear-mongering there Jimmy.
In the video, Clooney mentions planes as part of science. Yes, there's science involved but the aeronautical industry falls under engineering.
Beyond this point, the video suggests there are no legitimate scientists or skeptics who challenge their increasingly untenable position. It's almost as if they don't exist. Of course, those 'deniers' need to be silenced. I'm surprised he didn't use Greta in the video.
Then comes the obvious hypocrisy. Stop flying around the world George and maybe we can take you seriously. Even then....
The other glaring point is this is a side that always scolds for us to be 'tolerant' and 'open minded' but when given the chance to actually put it into practice they fall flat on their caked-up faces.
Notice how the video is just a vulgar political ad hominem attack ad. Nothing more.
There's also a demand for conformity and not acceptance of healthy and skeptical inquiry that has always driven the Western scientific mind. Clooney never read a damn book on the subject or else he wouldn't be putting out pieces of propaganda garbage.
Verdict? Clooney just presented us another classic case of progressive projection.
Petulant in its conceit and despite the glittering glamor of their profession, spectacularly boring.
So.
Jimmy 'A tear for your soul' Kimmel and George Clooney teamed up to produce and present a PSA about science. Just to show how much 'they fucking love science' they made sure to spice it up with 'dumbfuckery'.
Nothing says cool and conveying your argument better than with a swear word - or two. Or many.
The ultimate irony is they weren't speaking for science on any level. They were emoting. They were condescendingly demanding submission with their appeals to emotion and authority.
A couple of things about the video (which you can view for yourself here). George Clooney is not an intellectual, but he plays the part well on TV.
Before the video, Kimmel paints the usual bull shit about 'earf' in dire straits with 'a million extinctions'.
He sounded like such a child. First of all, that's the story of earth and living organisms. They go extinct. They always did long before we arrived on the scene and so they will - presumably - if we ourselves go extinct (something the death cult known as progressives probably cheer on).
Secondly, the fact is - and this is fact - we've never been more prosperous and healthier at any point in human history. Yes, there are challenges to the environment and its up to us as humans to do our part and best to ensure its health but even here, the care we take with the environment in the West is unsurpassed. We do pretty well on this front.
OMG 1 MILLION SPECIES EXTINK AND WE HAVE 12 YEARS TO LIVE!
Nice little piece of specious fear-mongering there Jimmy.
In the video, Clooney mentions planes as part of science. Yes, there's science involved but the aeronautical industry falls under engineering.
Beyond this point, the video suggests there are no legitimate scientists or skeptics who challenge their increasingly untenable position. It's almost as if they don't exist. Of course, those 'deniers' need to be silenced. I'm surprised he didn't use Greta in the video.
Then comes the obvious hypocrisy. Stop flying around the world George and maybe we can take you seriously. Even then....
The other glaring point is this is a side that always scolds for us to be 'tolerant' and 'open minded' but when given the chance to actually put it into practice they fall flat on their caked-up faces.
Notice how the video is just a vulgar political ad hominem attack ad. Nothing more.
There's also a demand for conformity and not acceptance of healthy and skeptical inquiry that has always driven the Western scientific mind. Clooney never read a damn book on the subject or else he wouldn't be putting out pieces of propaganda garbage.
Verdict? Clooney just presented us another classic case of progressive projection.
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