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>Why don't climate dooms-dayers not see that their very tactics of spreading irrational fear (instead of rational solutions) is antithetical to their desired ou
by lordfoom 7y ago
>Why don't climate dooms-dayers not see that their very tactics of spreading irrational fear (instead of rational solutions) is antithetical to their desired outcomes?
It's not irrational fear.
Why do cynical eye-rollers like you always try and crab bucket people's attempts at changing things for the better?
- justsubmit 7y agoFrom the other perspective, it's yours that is cynical (saying that we're all going to die in a few years), and its yours that is crab-bucketing us into the past (stop eating meat, stop flying airplanes, stop driving cars, stop taking holidays, even stop watching YouTube[0]). How far back down the technology tree are we supposed to go? 0: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJn6pja_l8s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJn6pja_l8s "Climate crisis: the unsustainable use of online video"
- all_usernames 7y agoIt's an interesting and valid point, I think. Fear may motivate some to start changing and looking for solutions, but it has the opposite effect on many: denial is one of the most pervasive defense mechanisms in psychology. And climate denialism has got to be the most astounding example of it.