I really do get where Dr Guy McPhearson is coming from, and I also get it when Michael Dowd says you can’t just tell people they are going to die.
So, how do we communicate our own demise in the 6th mass extinction?
First, I like how Michael Dowd addresses Guy McPhearson’s misplaced accusation of defamation.
But outside of the land of the polite, compassionate, and educated response to the 6th mass extinction, there is much. To be desired. Derision, denial & accusations of insanity are among the most extreme anti-climate change trolling online, and it IS trolling, just to be clear. While there are probably a multitude of reasons for this, primarily these come to the forefront:
On a personal level
It is/ you are too complicated; I can’t talk to you.
Too many links are really off-putting.
I don’t watch the news, I don’t believe in science, I know what I know. I’m not interested & you are wrong.
Predictions, predictions, predictions, all wrong, all got the dates wrong
Quoting Roman Emperors on truth & doomism:
Marcus Aurelius
Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken
On a cultural level
A culture that can evolve inside closed forums of special interest groups using the environment for recreational purposes can become toxic, where the Admins and Moderators sympathise with the trolls, or feel unable to act against them due to Stockholm syndrome:
Abuser love: Trolls are kind to some Admins while they are onside with the Trolls’ ethos. This divides the Admins. Trolls primarily attack new members, ensuring they adhere to groupthink; if they don’t & especially if they try to address emotive issues such as climate change, they risk ridicule & derision.
Interestingly, sympathetic members might private message a new member, surprised and apologetic about other members. But a quick search clearly reveals sites dominated by groupthink. Groupthink is dangerous.
“Wet Bulb Temperatures are BS!” Pteppers-UK
Hyperthermia or heat exhaustion is a killer. Failing to understand dangerous wet-bulb temperatures on a warming planet has been proven lethal for outdoorsy types.
Doomers & Activists or Doomers are Activists or Doomers are Inactivists
This conflict exists even within some climate activist groups. There is a conflict between doomers and some climate activists, especially those who follow Prof. Michael E. Mann, who has stopped researching climate science & now focuses on ensuring the climate message is optimistic hopium. While at the same time claiming to talk to doomers while blocking them on X (Twitter) and claiming that they have given up & are doing nothing. Without any empirical research or peer-reviewed papers, he makes these comments. Perhaps Professor Michael E. Mann could tell us how he has helped reduce fossil Fuel emissions through his activism? None at all; fossil fuel emissions are increasing.
This conflict wasn’t started by Doomers. But as Michael Dowd says, “you can’t just tell people they are going to die.” Little wonder that we are vilified. Let’s just not turn it on each other more than we already have.
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