[am_i_down]

There is no human organization that should be free from scrutiny. Actions taken by members of the media and academia have significantly contributed to public distrust, long before Trump entered the political arena. He is simply capitalizing quite effectively on those, and other, sentiments.

If coal is dead, so are millions of humans. It remains a significant source of global energy, especially in developing countries.

We can craft strawmen and knock them down with cherry-picked quotes all day long.

Exhibit A: Hillary's "super predators" comment - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0uCrA7ePno

Exhibit B: Bernie's "white people don't know what it's like to be poor" comment - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6IlGoeDIUQ

[komali2]

Hillary and Bernie hasn't used a bully-pulpit to attack climate change facts.

If we don't do something about climate change right now, it will kill our species. We were doing something, and those efforts are already being reversed via anti-environmental (and anti-human) EPA appointments.

Your arguments about racism are irrelevant to me considering the context.