Trump supporters who believe the Government has a machine that controls Hurricanes

[brainbomb]

This is apparently not a new conspiracy but theres an actual one shared among millions of Trump supporters that the weather is controlled by Democracts. that there is a secret connection between chemtrails, and some program called haarp that actually generates controls and steers storms to hit Republican states. And the craziest part of this theory is that this has supposedly been widely used by every administration back to Obama. This theory is so widely believed among republicans that even Majorie Taylor Greene apparently has discussed the democrats being responsible for creating hurricane Helene and Milton.

[brainbomb]

Is this a trolling thing that Republicans just came up with or is this an actual belief?

[Octavious]

These machines exist. I believe they're called coal fired power stations

[Esquire Bertissimmo]

Two 2016 studies found that about 10% of Americans believe that secret geoengineering or "chemtrails" (i.e., that planes intentionally release harmful chemicals to control the weather) are "completely true," with an additional 20-30% open to the idea being "somewhat true." These beliefs have probably become stronger and more widespread alongside the general rise in conspiracism since the pandemic.

I have a childhood friend who believes that small canisters of gas deployed via commercial jet engines are used to control the weather. This friend simultaneously doubts that the cumulative impact of all other greenhouse gas emissions have anything to do with climate change.

[Trigfea63]

Fantasyland by Kurt Andersen helps explain the wacko beliefs held by so many Americans. It traces crazy ideas from the Pilgrims right up through Donald Trump getting elected in 2016. Apparently today's madness is nothing new.

https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/35171984-fantasyland

[brainbomb]

I cant claim to understand the science behind all of that but if this was something our federal government had that they actually use regularly; have they offered any explanation as to why only democrats would ever have used it?

Im saying if this exists; trump can openly confirm it and so can most of the other actual people in congress. If this were true; then Trump had access to it also and couldve been using it to spread wildfires in california or steer hurricanes north towards new england.

Theres some really dumb shit going on

[kingofthepirates]

there are many memes of this, all of which go along the lines of:
Republicans: climate change isn't real!1!1!!111
also republicans: yeah there exist machines which can change the climate and cause storms

(yes there is a misconception here between climate and weather, but still, the point holds that this is quite contradictory)

[CaptainFritz28]

Curious. I've lived in a conservative community all my life yet never heard this theory.

[kingofthepirates]

Curious. I've lived in a conservative community all my life yet never heard this theory.

It's a small group to be sure, but the internet has (as it does) generalized it to republicans as a whole. I can't find a meme of it rn, but I distictly remember seeing several yt shorts including it and several on reddit. mtg had at least 1 tweet on.

[learnedSloth]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_cyclogenesis#Requirements_for_tropical_cyclone_formation

Forming a hurricane doesn't look simple.

[brainbomb]

Curious. I've lived in a conservative community all my life yet never heard this theory.

https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/07/marjorie-taylor-greene-hurricane-helene

[brainbomb]

“Climate change is the new Covid.

Ask your government if the weather is manipulated or controlled.

Did you ever give permission to them to do it?

Are you paying for it?

Of course you are..
6:26 PM · Oct 7, 2024”
-marjorie taylor greene

This woman is a fucking idiot.

[Jamiet99uk]

“Climate change is the new Covid.

Ask your government if the weather is manipulated or controlled.

Did you ever give permission to them to do it?

Are you paying for it?

Of course you are..
6:26 PM · Oct 7, 2024”
-marjorie taylor greene

This woman is a fucking idiot.

She is worse than an idiot. She is an extreme racist, an avowed white supremacist, an anti-semite, and a homophobic bigot who should probably be in jail or a mental asylum. She is a violently dangerous fucking lunatic, a fantasist, and a habitual liar.

She makes Lauren Boebert look like a normal, sensible, well-adjusted human being.