Clyburn doesn’t mention women, but all political issues are ultimately identity-politics issues now so here’s the obligatory primer from Mother Jones last year on why global warming is sexist in practice as well. Remember, the word from the Gore school is that climate change poses a mortal threat to civilization; if you accept that conclusion, arguing over which groups will suffer most from it is like arguing over who’d be hit hardest by the seven plagues. Even so, it’s a shrewd move by environmentalists. Accusing people of being cavalier about the apocalypse won’t do much to mobilize them, but accusing them of being cavalier about de facto racism? Genius. Click the image to watch.
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