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:What I meant by the "socialism" line was that the Trump Administration most widely differs from these marchers on the issue of whether government regulations (basically, socialism) is necessary to ensure a healthy environment. And I think it is accurate to call it socialism -- government regulation on the economy, on businesses, and on individuals, in order to save the Earth. President Trump and his administration disagree on the solution, regardless of what the best term of it is. They believe that being environmentally friendly does not equal doing away with the free market. And all this is based on what I've read and heard them say (I actually watched an interview with Sec. Perry on Saturday).
:What I meant by the "socialism" line was that the Trump Administration most widely differs from these marchers on the issue of whether government regulations (basically, socialism) is necessary to ensure a healthy environment. And I think it is accurate to call it socialism -- government regulation on the economy, on businesses, and on individuals, in order to save the Earth. President Trump and his administration disagree on the solution, regardless of what the best term of it is. They believe that being environmentally friendly does not equal doing away with the free market. And all this is based on what I've read and heard them say (I actually watched an interview with Sec. Perry on Saturday).
:And to be clear, it was not me who labeled climate change a hoax. Hopefully I have explained everything well, but if not, please let me know. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 15:50, 24 April 2017 (EDT)
:And to be clear, it was not me who labeled climate change a hoax. Hopefully I have explained everything well, but if not, please let me know. --[[User:1990'sguy|1990'sguy]] ([[User talk:1990'sguy|talk]]) 15:50, 24 April 2017 (EDT)
::Thank you for doing my work with the removal of the "hoax" comment.
::I'm OK with the article as it stands. If you are also, then we are cool. The "inflammatory"/"hoax" comment wasn't aimed at you of course. Looking at the edit history of the other article, it must have been aimed at Ed Poor. Which actually wasn't a good idea, since he once blocked me, a million or so years ago, for a "snide remark". But neither of us is as hotheaded as we used to be. Nevertheless, I should avoid that kind of stuff, especially as I am trying to project a "levelheaded elder statesman" persona these days, many blocks later.
::But I'd like you to be more careful in labeling things "socialism", as in your comment above "government regulations (basically, socialism)". You may very strongly disagree with the types of regulation (presumably carbon credits, renewable fuel subsidies, that sort of thing, right?) but it's wrong and unhelpful to call it socialism. This is the sort of trap that I see people fall into all the time. Government regulation is as American as apple pie. In fact, it's as American as the U.S. Constitution. Article 1 section 8, the famous "commerce clause". People disagree enormously on how the commerce clause should be used; it is perhaps the biggest economic debate that we have in this country. In fact, I think it would be fair to say that it is what brought out a few hundred thousand people on Saturday.
::By all means, debate the rightness or wrongness of the various parties' positions on these issues. [[User:SamHB|SamHB]] ([[User talk:SamHB|talk]]) 19:55, 24 April 2017 (EDT)