An agreement has been reached at COP21 in Paris, and people including President Obama, John Kerry and Al Gore are applauding themselves for saving the planet:
BREAKING: @POTUS & world leaders just secured a historic #ParisAgreement to #ActOnClimate. https://t.co/Jk7lUZAIDH pic.twitter.com/fXJbH8H6tX
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) December 12, 2015
Today, the nations of the world concluded a bold and historic agreement. https://t.co/ysgJAccObh #COP21
— Al Gore (@algore) December 12, 2015
But of course there are other things going on in the world, and Vox’s Zack Beauchamp, one of President Obama’s favorite request-fillers, wants more sunlight on the climate deal instead of that other stuff:
It's really striking that this UN climate agreement isn't bigger news than, say, whatever the latest thing ISIS did is.
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) December 12, 2015
Like, I understand *why* that's true. But it illustrates, really strikingly, how screwed up our priorities are as a global society.
— Zack Beauchamp (@zackbeauchamp) December 12, 2015
Well, if the progressives are correct and “climate change” is a cause of terrorism, maybe ISIS will just fade into the sunset thanks to the Paris agreement, right!?
Hahahahahahahahahahahttps://t.co/NF3qSURoYE
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) December 12, 2015
How many people's heads did the UN climate agreement cut off last week? Gays stoned? Children raped? https://t.co/mX19sugwJv
— danger (@coolhandschlute) December 12, 2015
.@zackbeauchamp Progressives using lies and fear to centralize power, eliminate the bourgeois, and control the proletariat is hardly "news".
— William Strunk, Jr. (@cdrusnret) December 12, 2015
Meanwhile, most Americans remain focused on a real threat.