Guest essay by Eric Worrall
A VOX poll shows that Americans are more afraid of clowns than climate change.
Americans are more afraid of clowns than climate change, terrorism, and … death
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The poll, conducted October 15 to 17, comes amid the great clown scare of 2016: Since August, more than 100 “suspicious” clown sightings have been reported across the US, from Seattle to Bangor, Maine.
We get it: Clowns are creepy. Especially when lingering in empty parking lots at 3:30 in the morning, holding black balloons. But are they scarier than real threats, like climate change, economic hardship, or the death of loved ones?
According to Americans, yes. Yes, they are.
We compared the results of our poll with a poll recently conducted by Chapman University, which asked 1,511 Americans to identify their greatest fears from a list of topics. Clowns outranked every single fear, save for “government corruption.” (Note that the Chapman poll only included “very afraid” and “afraid” as voting options, while our poll had “very afraid,” “somewhat afraid,” and “a little afraid.”).
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Read more: http://www.vox.com/2016/10/21/13321536/clown-scare-sightings-2016
Given climate advocates regularly assure us that anthropogenic climate change is the terrifying basis of all other fears, there is only one conclusion we can draw – politicians will need to dress up as clowns to scare us when they deliver climate messages:
It’s not surprising that people would react more to clowns than to climate change, even if CAGW were a real thing.
Here are four things that determine how people react to risk:
1 – We over-react to intentional actions, and under-react to accidents, abstract events, and natural phenomena.
2 – We over-react to things that offend our morals.
3 – We over-react to immediate threats and under-react to long-term threats.
4 – We under-react to changes that occur slowly and over time.
Point two could go either way but the other points favour clowns being perceived as a greater risk. If CAGW were a real thing, it would for sure be the greater risk. Clowns are mostly a minor annoyance. Frying to death, on the other hand, is pretty major.
People are generally bad at evaluating risk. link
I agree we are bad at evaluating risk, if we were good at it, there would be far fewer politicians, and they would be under greater public scrutiny.
We would also insist every one of them undergoes a public lie detector test every 6 months to see if they have acted illegally/corruptly.
And yet we live.
Seasons are catastrophic climate change where temperature swings of greater than 100 degrees within weeks, even days, are not unheard of.
Boo!
http://www.thewrap.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/It.jpg
Guess who.
Wow
How did you manage to strip off all the makeup?
Now we know what she really looks like. Has she had the snip and finished her transitioning yet?
Seems to be asking why she’s not more ahead in the polls…
Speaking of sending in the clowns … with a tip of the hat to Canada’s Ezra Levant and TheRebel staff for unearthing this during the course of their ongoing battle to get press accreditation for the UNFCCC’s next Big Show in Marrakesh. You have to see this video. One of the two “stars” is the UN’s very own Nick Nuttall (he who declined the request for accreditation)
So, without further ado here are the UN’s clowns:
https://youtu.be/X1ZEwjkCXvc
…Well, that is 4 minutes of my life that I will never get back !! Thanx ,,,,
I only got to 2:47.
I think they should have found a way to work Super Scott Mandia into this production number. That really would have given it some legs.
well with one clown or another guaranteed to be the POTUS it’s a scary prospect everywhere.
“As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” ~ H.L. Mencken
We have arrived.
““As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” ~ H.L. Mencken
We have arrived.”
The good news is the moron will be out of Office on January 20, 2017.
Yes, but will he be replaced by a treasonous, corrupt, scum of the earth slimeball?
Clowns are real and could possibly hurt you. Climate change is a bullshit fantasy that doesn’t exist. Seems simple enough.
As it was demonstrated only yesterday, there are global events that should concern us far more than the benign global warming. Many of domestic devices connected to the internet come with manufacturers set username and password that cannot be changed by the user. Apparently these devices not only can be instantly disabled from China, but also can be used to attack anything else connecting to the web. Perhaps input from experts in the field might give us a clearer picture.
…Vukcevic, I know of no device that cannot have it’s user name, password or device name changed.. What devices are you referring to ?
According to some of the reports these are IoT (Internet of Things) devices (security cameras, printers, thermostats, even fridges) containing chips made in China often protected by ‘pre-set’ usernames and passwords with no ‘admin’ access.
The attackers hijacked CCTV cameras ….. more here:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2016/10/24/hackers-used-hijacked-webcams-to-bring-down-internet/
My fear of corrupt government is in no small part due to NASA, NOAA and billions spent subsidizing junk science.
If it wasn’t for the scam that is Climate Change there would not be 61% who think the government is corrupt. That and ‘Foundations’…(Do these a*holes really think we are that dim?)
Just piling on…
“…Americans are more afraid of clowns than climate change…”
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Therefore it follows (in ‘Worrall-World’) that clowns present a greater threat to America than climate change.
What people fear most: Corruptocracy,
the champion of which is our Hillary.
Not the Climate Change craze,
nor the terror we face.
The Clinton Foundation: Kleptocracy. https://lenbilen.com/2016/10/13/the-top-fear-corruptocracy-a-limerick/
Global clowning is developing into a rather serious issue. A UN Intergovernmental Panel should be set up on it as soon as practicable, and national legislation is to be driven by its recommendations worldwide. Building a framework for a multilateral international treaty is a pressing task, all interested NGOs, in fact all stakeholders are invited to take part in the process.
Black balloons are man made.
LOL. I love it! Yes, I admit it, I am afraid of clowns too, so please don’t suggest that the CAGW-gang dress up as clown, it’s bad enough as it is. Come to think of it, there are enough clowns involved already.
We ought all be wary of clowns these days. Especially the Intergovernmental Council of Climate Clowns.
This isn’t surprising in the least. Many Americans can’t wrap their heads around universal healthcare or gun control, so believing climate change is real is not really a pressing concern. Personally, I’m afraid we’ll deal with the clowns and the terrorists and forget about climate change in the process.