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Expand North! So much room up there. (sopuli.xyz)
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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

To answer your question, it was indeed a sarcastic comment on the BS surrounding CC being somehow more politically acceptable than the truth of GW. I've never been a proud American (in part because of the truth in "pride goeth before a fall," even though I'm not religious), but I've never been less proud than I've been forced to become over the past couple of decades.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    As the other commenter said, Global Warming fell out of favor because it underlines only one part of the full problem. The weather in most places is getting warmer, but other things are also happening connected to it: extreme events are becoming more and more common, such as drought, flooding and forest fires, that might not seem included in the wording global warming but is clearly described by climate change.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    While that's true, in America at least the fact that average global temperatures are rising in large part due to human activities has been a significant point of contention with conservatives who seemingly instinctively deny responsibility for anything negative that they and/or their preferred policies are contributing to. They fought against "Global Warming" tooth and nail despite the documented facts. They more begrudgingly accepted "Climate Change" because it could at least be spun more easily into outcomes that didn't make them look so bad.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    I see… thanks for explaining where you were coming from! I honestly only vaguely remember the times when Global Warming was the naming, and here countries are mostly springing in action when talking about the ramifications of Climate Change. Even if we hardly tackle the root cause… :/

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