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> If you think man-made climate change is real but doesn’t take a higher priority than the activities causing climate change, you’re a climate denier. If you t
by mcphage 2y ago
> If you think man-made climate change is real but doesn’t take a higher priority than the activities causing climate change, you’re a climate denier.
If you think climate change is real, but don’t care, because of the economy—then yes, you’re a climate change denier.
> If you think man-made climate change is real but aren’t sure that natural disasters are increasing in frequency or severity because of that, you’re a climate denier.
If you think climate change is real, but isn’t having deeply unpleasant effects—then yeah, you’re a climate change denier.
There’s plenty of room for nuance and distinctions within climate change beliefs, but these positions ain’t it, chief.
- shrimp_emoji 2y agoThe "ain't it, chief" sealed the deal.
- mcphage 2y agogives you the double fingerguns clicks my tongue
- wakawaka28 2y ago>If you think climate change is real, but don’t care, because of the economy—then yes, you’re a climate change denier. That is literally a contradiction. Words, what do they mean? The truth is, our society is inextricably bound to high energy activities that can only be met with fossil fuels at this time. Being hysterical about some speculative theories about what *might* happen decades from now is not helping. People need to work on steady and responsible development of solutions that make sense and don't involve destroying civilization as we know it. We need fossil fuels for the foreseeable future, and only fossil fuels can work for common military operations (notwithstanding some huge technological improvement that we can't even theorize about yet).