How does one accomodate denialist irrational people who are ideologically opposed to doing anything about climate change? How do we coddle them into being a part of the fold? How do we ensure that we respect the scientifically rigid call for action while still appealing to those who are at best irrational and at worst real living trolls to want to take part?
Why are we blaming the people wanting to do something for not convincing those who don't want to do something? Why are those who could care less about future generations, the future of ecosystems and species, or those in poorer developing countries the victims in this and the people who do care about those issues to blame for not reaching out better?
What a messed up sense of entitlement. "Oh you haven't appealed well enough to me and my ideologically cemented priors about the world and my place in it. Therefore it's YOUR problem and YOU'RE the failure."
Freaking ridiculous EE
Sure we absolutely need to forge a broad alliance moving forward and the only way we'll be effective is in broad societal buy in but in doing so we'll be sacrificing actually y'know actually doing something worth doing. We don't need however the real life trolls. Those who want to do nothing will never be convinced until they run looking for handouts such as a flood payout or federal subsidies to prop up their farming income. Even then they still wont want to actually do something that might involve even the most trivial of sacrifices.
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