[DK GreenRoots] The Pope at Congress: too subtle on climate change?

I am rather surprised (disappointed) by how toned down the Pope's message was on climate change in his speech.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/09/24/1424476/-The-Pope-at-Congress-too-subtle-on-climate-change

Listening to his speech, it is possible that many didn't even pick up that he spoke to climate change -- after all, those words aren't even in the speech. Read the speech. It is worth the time ... but notice how sublime the climate references are ... (the relevant section after the fold

One has to wonder whether subtlety works in today's American political system.  

The Pope had the biggest soapbox in American politics.  

The Pontiff, unlike too many in the American elite, actually seems to understand the serious risks we face and the criticality of serious actions to mitigate climate change if we are not to move from risks and damage to utterly catastrophic consequences for humanity ...

At the greatest soapbox in American politics, the Pontiff chose subtlety rather than a sledge hammer.

I hope that his political judgment is correct.

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