Climate change is the lazy progressive pundit’s best friend. There’s nothing it can’t explain. When in doubt—or when hiding your head in the sand about the existence of human evil—blame everything on climate change because blaming climate change is blaming capitalism which is the real enemy. Everyone in the faculty lounge will think you’re brilliant.

“You can draw a very credible climate connection to this disaster we call ISIS right now.” http://t.co/UOTb50ye0B pic.twitter.com/aTjwxiWxO2 — Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) March 2, 2015

@EricHolthaus Only if you're a fucking moron. — DCinAZ (@DCinAZ) March 2, 2015

The 4M people fleeing the Syrian conflict aren’t climate refugees, but “I would certainly call them climate migrants” http://t.co/UOTb50ye0B — Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) March 2, 2015

Dear. Lord. RT @EricHolthaus: “You can draw a very credible climate connection to this disaster we call ISIS now.” http://t.co/RQ0KFHHFTd — Heather (@hboulware) March 2, 2015

you can also die by eating pop rocks & drinking coke RT @EricHolthaus You can draw very credible climate connection to disaster we call ISIS — Nino (@baldingschemer) March 2, 2015

@baldingschemer dude, you can….I knew this one girls cousin, who had this friend and — -theyeti (@Rowdyyates1) March 2, 2015

@redsteeze @EricHolthaus Climate change created ISIS? Wow. Talk about dedication to your (loony) cause. — Chris Scalise (@scause1701) March 2, 2015

@redsteeze @EricHolthaus Out- It's cause they don't have jobsIn- It's cause of climate change y'all — Bizarro Sirotá (@dad_of_jacob) March 2, 2015

@hboulware @sistertoldjah @EricHolthaus Slate article template – "You can draw a very credible climate connection to… [fill in blank]" — Aaron Henager (@AaronHenager1) March 2, 2015

@EricHolthaus Not sure you really get the definition of "credible" — Alex F. Baldwin (@VerumVulnero1) March 2, 2015

Blaming climate change is always credible. Because Science!