As far as sexist, they aren't as long as the woman is a card carrying Marxist like Hillary but if they are Sarah Palin or Michelle Bachmann, they behave like the worst sexists you could find in a vilest manner and they are trained by the MSM that that behavior/mindset is acceptable.
I should also point out how they treated Herman Caine and Justice Clarence Thomas. As long as blacks remain on the liberal plantation, they won't be lynched but if they dare express a belief other than socialist, they are labeled as Uncle Toms and worse.
"You're kidding. Really. I mean, did you really take that away from the article?"
However, the article itself is pretty dumb. It's unreasonable to think that all films need to be all race, gender, religious belief, etc equal. Keep in mind, congress, where they make our laws, is not. Documentaries need to (1) get the point they are trying to make across, (2) be sufficiently entertaining that people will watch. They do not need to cater to all the various agendas that are popular in American culture today.
OH, here's a cool map of public opinion on global warming. There is no state where less than 75% of the population thinks global warming is real. Why hasn't the country done anything? Because congress doesn't represent the people.
http://democrats.energycommerce.house.go...
No. There are non-white climatologists and some are even women! That might disturb some US citizens but they're the ones that still believe the world is 6000 years old ...
Please let me tranlate the above political speak:
Small towns that have a low population density and have a historic architecture, and a cultural and/or ethnic identity wish very often to remain as they are and to be left alone by well-intentioned global warming activist.
The fact of the matter is that the centerpiece of these efforts by global warming activist is the Green Communities Act, which is being promoted for adoption by small towns as well as cities. The adoption of this act among other things enables the building of larger homes and buildings, for new construction that meets greem standards: energy efficient light bulbs that produce light only (no more heating rooms with lights), and of course smart lights that rurn off when yuou are not in the room to save electric power and reduce carbon emissions fron coal-fire plants that may be connected to the grid that supplies power to your home, and do not forget the insulation that has a low R value specified.( I recall it as being 4.) All these measure we are told will save energy because larger houses that exceed the size of those common in the community, and could not be built there unless the regulations of the town, regarding these matters, called zoning regulations are not enforced for this new energy-efficient buildings. The Green Communities Act enables this exception. The Green Communities Acts is really Smart Growth Zoning overlaid with a Green veneer.
Maybe there racist of white ice and polar bears
This is the best comment I have seen on this subject:
"Hypothesis: They wanted to study stereotyping in movies. They could not get funding. So they proposed to study stereotyping in movies about climate change. They got funding."
Professor Richard Tol
Not only is that a helluva weird question to base on just one paper, you also appear to have not bothered to read the paper's abstract:
"We argue that these films situate their treatment of climate change in a narrative context that reiterates troubling stereotypes about race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. These representations do not align with key sustainable development goals such as equity, freedom, and shared responsibility." [Excerpt]
In other words, not being racist and sexist are key sustainable development goals (ie, Agenda 21). So can we now formally conclude that you, Mike, are for some key sustainable development goals and support at least that part of the UN's Agenda 21 (which you still haven't bothered to read for yourself)?
I certainly would not say so. Mostly I think that these critiques are rather silly. Currently white men do make a vast majority of the power-brokers in the US. Further, racial and gender stereotypes are stereotypes for a reason.
Stereotypes are not necessarily a bad thing. I really don't care if it is a black or white person dressed as a thug, I am going to be more on guard. I really don't care if it is a white or black tattooed up biker guy, I am going to be more on guard. What I don't believe, however, is that all people dresed as bikers or thugs are bad people.
Similarly, I recognize that women are generally not as able to lift weights as men, but I do not believe that I can outlift every woman.
To recognize differences is not the same as declaring the differences weaknesses nor that the differences make the person lesser in any manner.
The "logic" of some deniers is really quite frightening.
Not as a general population, Mike. I can speak for individuals, but those traits would not be directly related to their environmental beliefs.
Research published in the International Journal of Sustainable Development suggests that purportedly entertaining films that feature global warming and climate change can affect public understanding. But films are often bound up in problematic and limiting identity politics, which commonly reiterate racial, gender and sexual stereotypes positioning as they do white men as being the decision makers and the voice of authority.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-06/ip-cca060314.php
