▲ 879 ▼ ‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 160 comments fedilink hide all child comments Chris Gloninger wove the reality of global heating into his forecasts in the conservative heartland of Iowa. Not everyone was receptive.
[+] net00@lemm.ee 20 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Saneless@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago These people are so deranged that if they have a single value overlap with "the libs" they lose their shit. If they can't be polar opposites they don't know how to handle it permalink fedilink source parent [+] Yearly1845@reddthat.com 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShakyPerception@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago I remember talking to an adult about religion when I was in high school, and they straight up told me, "the only reason people are nice to each other is so they can get into heaven, without Jesus, there is no motivation for people to be kind, so we have to spread the gospels." I was horrified, but all of a sudden, my understanding of the world view for a lot of people just clicked into place permalink fedilink source parent [–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago You seen behind the curve? I thought it was going to be a "science" documentary about flat earth. But it actually turned into more of a psychology documentary and is a tiny bit similar to what you are talking about. Why they believe and don't change their mind. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saneless@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago These people are so deranged that if they have a single value overlap with "the libs" they lose their shit. If they can't be polar opposites they don't know how to handle it permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Yearly1845@reddthat.com 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ShakyPerception@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago I remember talking to an adult about religion when I was in high school, and they straight up told me, "the only reason people are nice to each other is so they can get into heaven, without Jesus, there is no motivation for people to be kind, so we have to spread the gospels." I was horrified, but all of a sudden, my understanding of the world view for a lot of people just clicked into place permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ShakyPerception@lemmy.world 9 points 3 years ago I remember talking to an adult about religion when I was in high school, and they straight up told me, "the only reason people are nice to each other is so they can get into heaven, without Jesus, there is no motivation for people to be kind, so we have to spread the gospels." I was horrified, but all of a sudden, my understanding of the world view for a lot of people just clicked into place permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago You seen behind the curve? I thought it was going to be a "science" documentary about flat earth. But it actually turned into more of a psychology documentary and is a tiny bit similar to what you are talking about. Why they believe and don't change their mind. permalink fedilink source parent