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by ethersteeds 315 days ago
Since they've been told climate change is a hoax, republican voters in the US have needed an explanation for the dramatic increase in the frequency/severity of severe weather events. They have flocked to the conspiracy theory that Democrats are using geo engineering to manipulate the weather for political ends and to make climate change "real".

Lest you dismiss this as the folly of the very online, states are passing laws against weather manipulation in response.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/republicans-p...

So uh yeah, really that stupid. At least enough of them to be statistically relevant in a two-party system.