[dgzl]

I think the American political right is in general more accepting of science than you might believe. Many of them are scientists themselves.

I think the older generations, the poor uneducated families, and the bitter religious folks have more disbeliefs in science than 'the right' in general.

[scarmig]

The public position of the Republican Party is that climate change is a myth, and that if it is happening humans have nothing to do with it.

If the Right wants to drop its anti-science reputation, it needs to start there.

[Kerrick]

I decided to delve into their public policy (https://www.gop.com/platform/americas-natural-resources/), and I found this:

> Climate change is far from this nation’s most pressing national security issue.

That is an admission by the Republican Party, in its public policy, that climate change is not a myth. It just means they've decided not to care about it in regards to national security.

I also found this:

> Information concerning a changing climate, especially projections into the long-range future, must be based on dispassionate analysis of hard data.

Again, that is an admission that the climate is changing and that scientific research and data can give us information about it.

So as said elsewhere in this thread, we're back to politics determining decisions about what to do about climate change; the Republican Party's official platform doesn't seem to deny that the climate is changing.

[aphextim]

This is just my opinion but I think a lot of Republicans don't think that climate change isn't happening at all.

I am guessing from their admission that they acknowledge climate is changing, but refusing to list it as a priory is that where the difference in opinion between Democrats/Republicans lie.

When it comes to the root cause of the climate change, how much humans are accelerating/impacting the change and how we can reduce the impact are all topics where the different political party's opinions differ.

[en-us]

Your opinion is backed up by polls: https://news.gallup.com/poll/231530/global-warming-concern-s...

[scarmig]

Trump, on climate change:

"The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive."

"The whole climate crisis is not only Fake News, it’s Fake Science. There is no climate crisis, there’s weather and climate all around the world, and in fact carbon dioxide is the main building block of all life."

"Obama's talking about all of this with the global warming and … a lot of it's a hoax. It's a hoax. I mean, it's a money-making industry, okay? It's a hoax, a lot of it."

I can do this with any given Republican who's been in a leadership position.

I won't, though, because you're clearly dissembling and not engaging in good faith.

[fwn]

Maybe I miss something here, but:

Someone replied to "The public position of the Republican Party is that climate change is a myth" with a link to their web platform stating something different.

I think it's not really fair to counter that by quoting Trump and closing with the assumption of bad faith.

[scarmig]

All the statement says is that climate change is not an issue, and that any discussion of it must be guided by data: there is no acknowledgment of the reality of climate change.

On the other hand, all of the Republican leadership cast doubt on it. And as a result the large majority of Republican voters reject the idea of anthropogenic climate change.

[neaden]

I assure you that what comes out of Trumps mouth represents the average Republican voter far better than some policy statement on a webpage.

[sachdevap]

This does not add up. If American political right is so accepting of science, how does the denial of climate change by their elected leaders not push the right to vote them out?

I'm quite sure 40% of the US population that voted for the GOP does not fit the description you have provided.

[sachdevap]

Nothing says I am here for a discussion like down-voting a reasonable argument. /s

[jeromegv]

Let's rephrase: the political right that is in power. If this political right is accepting of science, they clearly not have chosen or voted for leaders in their party that promote this.

[vernie]

Right up until it's financially inconvenient.