The psychological sadism of climate nuttery

The psychological cruelty of climate nuttery

Vincent J. Curtis

13 May 24

RE: Climate anxiety is more common than you think. Op-ed by Maliha Ibrahim, Trevor Lehmann, and Natalie Thomas.  Ibrahim is a professor of counselling psychology at Yorkville University and member of the Climate Psychology Alliance – North America, Canada Chapter.  Lehmann is a career counsellor and founding chair of the Climate -Informed Counselling and Psychotherapy Association. Thomas is a professor in the college of arts at the university of Guelph-Humber, and Conestoga College. The Hamilton Spectator 13 May 24.

(To summarize the above credentialled pretentiousness: they’re activists, and therefore untrustworthy.)

Nobody suffers from “climate anxiety” while taking a trip to Florida.  Many sane people from northern climes move to Florida.  People go to Florida from colder climates for the warmer climate offered by Florida.  So, how could “climate anxiety” arise in people as a result of a warmer climate?

It turns out, if you read the article, that it’s the fearmongering over climate change that causes “climate anxiety.”  “The impacts of climate change are profound, affecting everything from extreme weather events to changing ecosystems, to volatility on farms (what?) and in food production” they say.  None of this is true, of course, but such claims can alarm the uninformed, and I can imagine a constant diet of this fearmongering nonsense could cause anxiety in the young.

To the extent that, since 1979, there’s any warming at all, it is found in milder winters and in the high latitudes.

It’s not climate change per se that’s causing anxiety because, for practical purposes, it’s not detectible by people; it’s the fearmongering by the psychological sadists of the climate-nutter movement that’s responsible.  And if you go deeper, the anxiety is found among people who are pre-disposed to say they have it in the first place.

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