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If you can’t identify the interlocutors who aren’t sincere, the necessary discussion won’t go anywhere useful. And many of those discussing climate change are a
by trentnix 5y ago
If you can’t identify the interlocutors who aren’t sincere, the necessary discussion won’t go anywhere useful. And many of those discussing climate change are absolutely insincere. You see it here in these comments with “it’s the West’s fault” and “capitalism is the problem”.
- ClumsyPilot 5y agoA: it is an irrefutable fact that climate change is the West's fault, Climate change is caused by CO2, EU + US produced 70% of all CO2 B: Whether the people who blame capitalism are correct is irrelevant, they are sincere is that they have beef with capitalism. Accusing sincere people of insenserity is precisely the kind of thing that makes discussion unproductive C: There is a wide range of people who insincerely advocate climate inaction, because it furhters their financial interests
- revolvingocelot 5y agoIt's an impressive rhetorical technique, preemptively dismissing everyone who disagrees with you as "absolutely insincere", but it seems a little obvious, especially elucidating it as clearly as you have here. You don't want to tip your hand too early... That said, it's so stupid it might just work!