I suppose that is what gets to me the most about the whole debate, if that is what it can be called. It has such a degree of political importance to the left because it fits nicely with their desire to redistribute wealth and to tear down capitalism and economic freedom in favor of Marxist goals. I believe that the worst thing that could possibly happen to the human race is the acceptance of an ideology that would produce a rigid static conservation model of society.
The inability to accept the fact that mankind is just as much a natural and essential part of the goings-on on this planet is in my opinion a clear sign of psychosis on the part of these activist scientists and the left. They claim to be realists and many are avowed atheists but based on their rhetoric one can hardly distinguish them from other classes of true believers; the only real difference is they practice a rather extreme nature religion where man and the things man do are defined as "evil".
You are right about public schools. That is one reason why I home school. I also encourage my children to ask questions and use reason and logic to arrive at conclusions. What the public schools seem to encourage is empty-headed acceptance of environmentalist propaganda. Personally I think NEA members should be banned from working in public schools until they drop all political affiliations with the left or right.
What the public schools seem to encourage is empty-headed acceptance of environmentalist propaganda
The PUBLIC SCHOOLS seem to encourage empt-headed accepttance of MANY other things too including, well the list is too long and I'd get ill writing it.