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oregonjen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:45 PM Original message |
"An Inconvenient Truth" being used in my child's 5th grade class |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. In all fairness, we'd be going ballistic if it were a rightwing |
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oregonjen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. True enough, but I'm not a right-winger. |
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Dora (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:49 PM Original message |
And in all fairness, a rightwing book |
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Ravenseye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. There's a difference |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:51 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. An Inconvenient Truth isn't a left wing flick. It's science. Just sayin... |
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Clark2008 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. I understand that and agree. |
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helderheid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #9 |
19. I agree with you too. :) |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
26. That you expect backlash for the truth being taught in schools |
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philosophie_en_rose (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
43. But Science has a well-known liberal bias. |
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immoderate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:53 PM Response to Reply #1 |
7. Uh-huh. So bring 'em on. |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. If it were a right wing pack of lies, I could understand that. Not the |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:08 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. It's about right and wrong - not right and left |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 07:38 PM Response to Reply #1 |
50. Inconvenient Truth =/= Path to 9/11 |
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alarimer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
55. But it's not left-wing either; it is FACT |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-21-06 09:22 AM Response to Reply #1 |
58. Only because RW flicks tend to be untruthful |
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sarcasmo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
3. Wonder how long before she gets fired. |
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RamboLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
4. Any Fundie Parents Protesting? |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
8. That's great! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
10. I don't think An Inconvenient Truth is a Left Wing flick. |
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135th (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:06 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. It is a left wing film. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Why do you help perpetuate that notion? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. LOL |
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135th (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:24 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. No, but I've read much of the book. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. Ah, you better go see the film. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #20 |
32. 928 to 0 peer reviewed scientific studies support |
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hatrack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #32 |
37. And those studies were only 10% of the total literature for the period |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:17 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. I think we should |
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135th (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. I grew up near the Hudson. |
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H2O Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Robert has done |
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135th (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. He spoke at my college a few years ago, |
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RaleighNCDUer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Sorry, but THERE IS NO LEGIT SCIENTIFIC DEBATE. |
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135th (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
28. And they did a good job of it. |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. NAME THEM |
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135th (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:04 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. I don't keep track of scientists names well enough to drop them |
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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:11 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. uh huh, sure. |
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135th (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:17 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. What, you do? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 08:58 PM Response to Reply #42 |
54. I think all Religion is political because people like R. Santorum or |
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skids (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 05:14 PM Response to Reply #39 |
45. Here, let me help. |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 06:06 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. Ha! Good post. nt |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 09:37 PM Response to Reply #39 |
57. Name a scientist who has been peer reviewed |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
30. No it is not. It has a Democrat narrating scientific fact. |
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135th (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:48 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. What do you think matters more |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:55 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Conservatives disregard science irregardless of the messenger |
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135th (101 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 03:12 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Exactly |
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roody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 07:36 PM Response to Reply #13 |
49. If Gore is a left winger, I am out of the ballpark! |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #13 |
53. I'm not going to debate the definition of "left wing" with you. |
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Ignacio Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 07:44 PM Response to Reply #10 |
51. Using An Inconvient Truth for global warming education |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 08:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
52. It really isn't possible, or even desirable to avoid a point of view. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
12. I'm sure all those people who loved the idea that |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. If it was truthful, it would have been great |
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MessiahRp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
33. They could bitch if this was Fahrenheit 9/11. It is not. |
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zbdent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 04:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. They WILL bitch |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. full stop. |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 09:01 PM Response to Reply #12 |
56. No comparison. |
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Uncle Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
22. You have a lucky daughter, being exposed to the truth, |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
25. Gore has reiterated this is not a political issue. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:40 PM Response to Original message |
31. Woohoo! What a teacher! |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 02:48 PM Response to Original message |
34. Wow! They teach 'creation' as an alternative around here... |
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Lisa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-20-06 06:21 PM Response to Original message |
48. I just hosted a government scientist in my college class ... |
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