I hate these posts . I can ' t afford another puppy ! <| sep |> This is sadly true . The best way to get a ' consensus ' is to label every dissenting scientific opinion as a ' climate denier ' rather than the valid argument of a climate scientist , and all of a sudden it does start to look like everyone agrees . One of the dictionaries labelled ' posttruth ' word of the year and meant it in a condescending way towards a presidentelect most people despise , when in fact the people that opposed him invented posttruth . Opposing the Keystone involved all posttruths , ' acting on your beliefs rather than on what is true '. These types of pointless arguments over a pipeline unlikely to contribute to climate change significantly , when in fact climate change itself might be of genuine concern , make it hard for people on the fence to side with particularly when there are great economic concerns connected to these pointless actions . Reminds me of the South Park episode from right after the election where Garrison as Trump is yelling at all the lefties that they created him , they did this . It ' s true . That should be good for 20 down votes .