▲ 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.
[+] xthedeerlordx@lemmy.world 40 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago The false equivalence is so tiring. ...which is exactly why they do it, of course. People arguing on the side of science have to make sound arguments in order to persuade, but all the reactionaries have to do is to frustrate their opponent into giving up on the discussion and they win by default. It's fundamentally dishonest and toxic. permalink fedilink source parent [+] TheDubz87@lemmy.world -11 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yes, one side is pretty much full evil, but how many politicians in congress on both sides come to a halt on progress when their pocket liners are threatened. This is a game to all of them. Corporations run this country using every politician in our 2 party system as their puppets. How much insider trading goes on, who's being paid by who? Our entire system needs to be burnt down and rebuilt for anything to function as it should. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wathek@discuss.online 1 point 3 years ago That's not gonna end well without a viable and executable alternative. Usually you'll end up with a lot of chaos, some party promising to ease it, followed by that party turning out to be a dictatorship. Frankly, it's amazing we have something close to a democracy at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] grue@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago The false equivalence is so tiring. ...which is exactly why they do it, of course. People arguing on the side of science have to make sound arguments in order to persuade, but all the reactionaries have to do is to frustrate their opponent into giving up on the discussion and they win by default. It's fundamentally dishonest and toxic. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] TheDubz87@lemmy.world -11 points 3 years ago (1 child) Yes, one side is pretty much full evil, but how many politicians in congress on both sides come to a halt on progress when their pocket liners are threatened. This is a game to all of them. Corporations run this country using every politician in our 2 party system as their puppets. How much insider trading goes on, who's being paid by who? Our entire system needs to be burnt down and rebuilt for anything to function as it should. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] wathek@discuss.online 1 point 3 years ago That's not gonna end well without a viable and executable alternative. Usually you'll end up with a lot of chaos, some party promising to ease it, followed by that party turning out to be a dictatorship. Frankly, it's amazing we have something close to a democracy at all. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wathek@discuss.online 1 point 3 years ago That's not gonna end well without a viable and executable alternative. Usually you'll end up with a lot of chaos, some party promising to ease it, followed by that party turning out to be a dictatorship. Frankly, it's amazing we have something close to a democracy at all. permalink fedilink source parent