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US military is terrified of climate change – but is the world's biggest polluter

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Re: US military is terrified of climate change – but is the world's biggest polluter

#4

The headline is misleading, since it suggests that the military is scared of someone else , when in fact they are the biggest polluter.

Dude. No one cares.

Could you please stop posting unsubstantive and/or rude comments to HN so we don't have to ban you again?

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Re: US military is terrified of climate change – but is the world's biggest polluter

#5

The headline is misleading, since it suggests that the military is scared of someone else , when in fact they are the biggest polluter.

No, the headline says they are scared of climate change (which is not a "someone", but a collection of serious consequences) and then includes the irony that they are contributing to that very threat as a big polluter.

Re: US military is terrified of climate change – but is the world's biggest polluter

#6

The headline is misleading, since it suggests that the military is scared of someone else , when in fact they are the biggest polluter.

I read it the same way: The military is scared of climate change and of the world’s biggest polluter.

Re: US military is terrified of climate change – but is the world's biggest polluter

#7

The headline is misleading, since it suggests that the military is scared of someone else , when in fact they are the biggest polluter.

OP here -- I can see how that could be read incorrectly. Updated for clarity

Re: US military is terrified of climate change – but is the world's biggest polluter

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post #7

The headline is misleading, since it suggests that the military is scared of someone else , when in fact they are the biggest polluter.

OP here -- I can see how that could be read incorrectly. Updated for clarity

Thanks, that's much better.

Re: US military is terrified of climate change – but is the world's biggest polluter

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post #5

The headline is misleading, since it suggests that the military is scared of someone else , when in fact they are the biggest polluter.

No, the headline says they are scared of climate change (which is not a "someone", but a collection of serious consequences) and then includes the irony that they are contributing to that very threat as a big polluter.

You may have seen the updated headline, which is much clearer.
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