# Why do conservatives so strongly oppose the idea of climate change

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**Created:** [August 16, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-conservatives-so-strongly-oppose-the-idea-of-climate-change/819713 "2018-08-16T02:55:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 18, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-conservatives-so-strongly-oppose-the-idea-of-climate-change/819713/109 "2018-08-18T15:49:46Z")

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> [@Desert\_Nomad](#):
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> Seems to me to be the primary drive of both republicans and democrats, but then this is a far-left board so I expect to get shut down on that opinion.

The idea that the Board is “left leaning” has always struck me as a bit exaggerated. **XT** is active in this thread—he’s no leftist—and at least 3 rightists are posting. Does the center-left outnumber the right-wing here? Sure, but that’s true of almost any intellectual grouping.

And _ **“far-left”** _? There are some Bernie Bros at SDMB, if that’s what you mean, but I don’t think they’re a majority.

I’d be curious to hear specific examples of thinking you call “far-left” (or “far-right” for that matter). Is it “leftist” to think temperatures are rising, and then “far-leftist” to think the warming is caused by man? 🙂

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