▲ 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.
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago (1 child) Uneducated people glean comfort from tribalism, not logic permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] algalorp@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Yep. An authoritarian upbringing leads to a hierarchical belief system. Changing that requires addressing trauma that they avoided their entire lives, recreating their entire world view, and admitting they were wrong. Such a giant ask for these types of people unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] algalorp@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 3 years ago Yep. An authoritarian upbringing leads to a hierarchical belief system. Changing that requires addressing trauma that they avoided their entire lives, recreating their entire world view, and admitting they were wrong. Such a giant ask for these types of people unfortunately. permalink fedilink source parent