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> I'm an environmental studies major. I don't lecture rich people for taking planes to where they need to be. I also don't make plane trips myself for the expre
by ForHackernews 7y ago
> I'm an environmental studies major. I don't lecture rich people for taking planes to where they need to be. I also don't make plane trips myself for the express purpose of telling people "You rich assholes need to shrink your god-damned carbon footprint."
Sounds like you're far, far less effective in your environmentalism than Ms. Thunberg. It must be pleasant that you have your personal purity and sense self-righteousness, but none of that that will help blunt the impact of the climate crisis.
- DoreenMichele 7y agoI feel confident I'm making a real difference that can be measured in millions of dollars. The fact that media isn't paying any attention to me and my accomplishments isn't evidence that I'm accomplishing nothing. It just makes me easy pickings for internet strangers to try to treat dismissively.