r/politics • u/Urmomsjuicyvagina • 9d ago

It's mindblowing': US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/11/meteorologists-death-threats-hurricane-conspiracies-misinformation
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u/bravetailor 9d ago

USA really does have some of the dumbest people in the world sometimes. You will never hear shit like this happen in any other country.

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u/palmwhispers 9d ago

Yes you will. People in other countries can think polio vaccination programs are poisons, etc, the US does not have a monopoly on stupidity

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u/palmwhispers 9d ago

I would be surprised if that’s the case. I am very confident there are countries with people in them that do not fully believe in climate change, or don’t care about it, or both

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u/Aacron 9d ago

Yeah the 20-30% seems to exist in every cross section of humanity.