Alan: Right-wing radio and television are the 21st Century's reprise of the 20th Century sentiment that "Wearing seat belts is actually dangerous since they prevent people being thrown free of the car." http://buckleupnhorg.ipage.com/2336.html It matters not that every single NASCAR driver buckles up as soon as he gets in his street vehicle. That's because "the experts" know stupid when they see it. American "conservatives" are essentially irresponsible people who refuse to shoulder the burdens of Truth.
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Her voice shakes.
You sense her very foundation has been shaken.
This isn't an actor, a newscaster, or a spokesperson. She hasn't planned her words. She doesn't know what she's going to do next, only knows she has to act. She uses the word "bullshit," and then apologizes.
The anger in her voice seems directed mainly at herself. She'd persuaded "every person [she] know[s]" not to believe in the reality of global warming. Now she has to change their minds.
Video at http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/27/1165231/-Bill-O-Reilly-Fan-Recants-A-Dramatic-Video
Full transcript after the little orange cumulus. Because in this case, partial just won't do.
Moviegoer: I'm just -- let me, just let me say what I have to say: that I watch Bill O'Reilly every day. I love Bill O'Reilly, I'm proud to be an American, but I saw this movieChasing Ice today, and it hasn't just changed me about global warming, it has changed me as a person.
And, there is something, I don't know what I can do, I'm sixty years old, but there must be something I can do, to help, to help our children, to help my grandkids.But I'm gonna change it. Because this movie was fantastic. Every human being in this world should watch this movie. Everyone.Offscreen: And you didn't believe in global warming?Moviegoer: I did not believe in global warming. I am going to be sixty on December twenty-one, and every time someone mentioned global warming to me, I told them, if they wanted to remain in my home, they needed to step out. Because I said it was bullshit. I didn't believe it. Excuse my language.And that is because, I listened -- this is the truth -- I believed Bill O'Reilly.Offscreen: And now you saw this movie...Moviegoer: And I saw this movie, and I apologize to anyone I ever talked into not -- into believing there was no global warming. I have talked every friend, every person I know, into believing there was no global warming.And now I have to undo my damage. And I will. From the moment I go to my car, go to home, go to my computer -- it has changed my life.Offscreen: Wow, that's great, that's really -- .Moviegoer: Thank you. Thank you for giving me this moment. It was a great movie.Offscreen: Ok, thank you.Moviegoer: 'K.Offscreen: Bye.
Here is a
trailer for the movie that rocked this devoted denier's world: Chasing Ice.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/27/1165231/-Bill-O-Reilly-Fan-Recants-A-Dramatic-Video
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/11/27/1165231/-Bill-O-Reilly-Fan-Recants-A-Dramatic-Video
Rotten Tomatoes' review of
"Chasing Ice": http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/chasing_ice_2012/
Trevor Johnston, reviewer
Excerpt: "Still an eco-sceptic? Clap your eyes on this
lot. Awe-inspiring, terrifying, transcendently beautiful, and absolutely
weighted with significance for the future of the planet. The term ‘game
changer’ barely does the film justice, and the big screen is just the place to
see it in all its ominous splendour."
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