Refuting false claims takes constant vigilance

Refuting recent letters concerning the sainthood of Donald Trump and climate change is kind of like playing wack-a-mole. The same old, unsupported statements are spewed out over and over again. How do you argue when those whose illogic denies the evidence right in front of them? You don't; you just point out the truth to those who read their fantasies.

First, the defendant is charged in four criminal trials brought in New York, Washington, D.C., Florida and Georgia. In the interest of time and word count, I'll focus on the most recent. Freedom of speech is one thing, even lying, but Donald Trump is on a recording asking Georgia officials to find nearly 12,000 fantasy votes so he could win Georgia. The conservative Republican governor said there was no election fraud. People in several other states were put on bogus slates of electors in the hopes of subverting the counting of the real elector votes Jan. 6. Calls were made to a number of other states' AGs by the MAGA leader or his cronies, urging them to throw out votes because of trumped-up reasons. This is beyond freedom of speech.

As for climate change deniers, an acorn? I doubt having an anvil hit them on the head would have any effect on them to see the reality right before their eyes. Where is the proof of their theories other than the 2% of scientists, most of whom have a connection to the fossil fuel industry?

I'm sure the coral off the Florida coast that is bleached white because it's dying in 100-plus degree temperatures, never seen before in human history, can be rest assured that everything is just hunky dory. Then there are the constant tornadoes, hurricanes and flooding because of the hot oceans. And, of course, those 5,000-plus fires in Canada aren't really the most and worst in Canadian history. The evacuation of Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories must be just for practice.

LAWRENCE FURY

Sandpoint