▲ 371 ▼ ‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by Raphael@lemmy.world to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] FARTYSHARTBLAST@sh.itjust.works 82 points 3 years ago (5 children) Gutting the education system was a terrible idea. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] RestrictedAccount@kbin.social 45 points 3 years ago (1 child) It was a perfect success from the perspective of the people who instigated it in the 1980’s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago Shouldn't the older people be more educated if it was only gutted in the 1980s? My impression is that they are even less educated than the younger generations. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) How do you figure? We have millions of ignorant voters reliant on politicians to tell them how to feel. Without this, there would be no Republican Party. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shadowbert@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Unfortunately, there probably would be. Hopefully it would be less popular, but some people just non-ironically think that way. Disturbing, but reality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago It would be just as popular, or more, because it would be less radical. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago Why? It created a nation of blithering idiots willing to threaten people with murder over daring to mention something they refuse to understand. its working exactly as it was intended to. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago Only for the majority, not for those who had existing money and power. For those people it just solidified their positions in the ruling class. No matter how short-sighted that is. permalink fedilink source parent [+] terminateprocess@lemmy.sdf.org -11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RestrictedAccount@kbin.social 45 points 3 years ago (1 child) It was a perfect success from the perspective of the people who instigated it in the 1980’s permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago Shouldn't the older people be more educated if it was only gutted in the 1980s? My impression is that they are even less educated than the younger generations. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 years ago Shouldn't the older people be more educated if it was only gutted in the 1980s? My impression is that they are even less educated than the younger generations. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rhoeri@lemmy.world 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) How do you figure? We have millions of ignorant voters reliant on politicians to tell them how to feel. Without this, there would be no Republican Party. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shadowbert@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Unfortunately, there probably would be. Hopefully it would be less popular, but some people just non-ironically think that way. Disturbing, but reality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago It would be just as popular, or more, because it would be less radical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shadowbert@kbin.social 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) Unfortunately, there probably would be. Hopefully it would be less popular, but some people just non-ironically think that way. Disturbing, but reality. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago It would be just as popular, or more, because it would be less radical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago It would be just as popular, or more, because it would be less radical. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dubious_Fart@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago Why? It created a nation of blithering idiots willing to threaten people with murder over daring to mention something they refuse to understand. its working exactly as it was intended to. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fiat_lux@kbin.social 7 points 3 years ago Only for the majority, not for those who had existing money and power. For those people it just solidified their positions in the ruling class. No matter how short-sighted that is. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] terminateprocess@lemmy.sdf.org -11 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent