We Can All Respect, at Least This One Thing, About Climate Deniers

Turning a rebellious concept into art sometimes stirs more than just conversation—it flips the script on societal understanding. David Finnigan, a playwright whose controversial creation, "Kill Climate Deniers," wasn't just a whisper but a shout from the heart of Ngunnawal country, urging us to grapple with one of the era's greatest challenges.

The play's plot mirrors the fantastical; eco-terrorists commandeer Australia's Parliament House during a Fleetwood Mac concert, holding the government ransom for urgent climate action. Provocative and tongue-in-cheek—David sought not just entertainment but a reckoning between the irrefutable force of climate change and rigid politics.

Unleashed in 2014, the play sparked exactly the firestorm you'd expect. Right-wing media lambasted it as a terroristic inspiration, leading to its initial shutdown. But David's resolve didn't wane. With a shift from theatres to nightclubs, an electrifying album, and clandestine Parliament tours, the narrative found new avenues.

By 2018, the play took to international stages and over time David came to understand something about climate deniers that he never expected.

They were right.

They understood what would, even should happen, if climate change WERE real. The impact it would have on property, immigration, agriculture, travel -- the changes we'd all have to endure, in government policy, to fight such a huge global problem.

THEY were living THAT truth, even if they denied the existence of the problem itself.

How many of US can say that?

How many of us continue to LIVE like the lie?