Dear progressives: Craig Kelly, Abbott and Trump are making you their stooge

Don't amplify the views of those who want to diminish serious issues like climate change - even if it feels goodIt's a spectacular trick to get someone to amplify your message when they disagree with you vehemently, describe you as an idiot and decry you as dangerous. But that is exactly what some conservatives have managed to do. I had been noticing this sleight of hand for a while but it was finally crystallised last week after the climate zealot and federal politician Craig Kelly declared in a widely reported speech that we shouldn't worry about climate change and that, rather than being the cause of global warming, "fossil fuels actually protect us". Continue reading...