Eight US states seek to outlaw chemtrails – even though they aren’t real
Political leaders love an empty statement or proclamation, but when Louisiana’s state house of representatives moved against “chemtrails” last week, they were literally seeking to combat something that does not exist.
It was an act of political symbolism that delved deep into the sort of anti-government conspiracy theories that have flourished under Donald Trump and are taking rooting in some US legislative chambers across the US.
What are some other things we can outlaw that aren't actually a problem?
As long as we're doing things conservatives have been told to hate, let's throw vampires onto that list.
It would be nice to have a real imaginary boogeyman that they can direct their hatred towards instead of things that actually help people.
Can I guess if they’re red states?
- Florida
- Tennessee
- Alabama
- Kentucky
- Texas
- South Dakota
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
The wording on at least some of them isn't chemtrails specifically, but has to do with atmospheric dispersal of anything intended to modify the climate, which is actually something that people have been talking about doing and some have actually done. While it scratches that conspiracy theory itch, it's not necessarily all nonsense.
I read the Louisiana one and it would apply to any attempts at geoengineering that involve releasing anything in the atmosphere. The existing Louisiana law still prohibits that without permission from the state, and now they're trying to get rid of the option for the state to permit it at all (in other words, it was already regulated and this is still a stupid law). They phrased it very carefully so that our normal pollution doesn't count, which I found disappointing.
I haven't read the others, but they're probably similar. The reporting I've been seeing on it has been vague and disengenuous, although that might be due to quotes from crazy politicians.
ETA also the people making the reports are specifically going to be reporting the fictitious "chemtrails", which makes enforcement useless.
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