Global cooling came before global warming which then morphed into climate change since people with long memories had begun to call them (DS) out on their 180-degree turnaround on fear porn tactics. They even did a movie on it in 2004, The Day After Tomorrow. I know which DJT quote you're speaking of, but this goes back decades. I'll try to dig up the name of that movie. Edit: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0319262/
Again, regarding wilful ignorance... No, it's not that it requires more evidence - they won't consider the evidence you have. Whether it's fear or just desire to believe something their FNM tells them to believe they won't even look at it. Case in point (anecdotal) I sent a far left friend info on the dangers of those jabs and this person wouldn't even read it, said "Oh, that's from a partisan source". This person subsequently ended up with shingles and other neurological health problems. They refused to even read what was sent to them.
I've watched FNM talking heads tell their viewers specifically to not listen to any information which contradicts what they're telling them (the narrative) - and the sheep acquiesce! As long as I can remember, if someone told me to not listen to one side of a story, I went to seek that opposing view immediately. You cannot make sound decisions based on half an argument.
I'm not suggesting we give up the fight to get these people to break their programming, but you and I seem to differ on what to think of them while they're still under the throes of their well-funded brainwashing. I think it's destructive to them - and obviously to society/humanity as an entirety - for us to continue to mollycoddle them and pretend that their shitty behavior isn't shitty. And it's obvious to me that the spell of FNM needs to continue to be broken because our sheep are not listening to people who know and love them, but to FNM talking heads and DS "experts".
I love my leftist friends and want them to break free of their emotional chains, but as adults they're responsible for their words and actions. Tolerating bad behavior hasn't worked out well for them or for society as a whole.
Global cooling came before global warming which then morphed into climate change since people with long memories had begun to call them (DS) out on their 180-degree turnaround on fear porn tactics. They even did a movie on it in 2004, The Day After Tomorrow. I know which DJT quote you're speaking of, but this goes back decades. I'll try to dig up the name of that movie.
Again, regarding wilful ignorance... No, it's not that it requires more evidence - they won't consider the evidence you have. Whether it's fear or just desire to believe something their FNM tells them to believe they won't even look at it. Case in point (anecdotal) I sent a far left friend info on the dangers of those jabs and this person wouldn't even read it, said "Oh, that's from a partisan source". This person subsequently ended up with shingles and other neurological health problems. They refused to even read what was sent to them.
I've watched FNM talking heads tell their viewers specifically to not listen to any information which contradicts what they're telling them (the narrative) - and the sheep acquiesce! As long as I can remember, if someone told me to not listen to one side of a story, I went to seek that opposing view immediately. You cannot make sound decisions based on half an argument.
I'm not suggesting we give up the fight to get these people to break their programming, but you and I seem to differ on what to think of them while they're still under the throes of their well-funded brainwashing. I think it's destructive to them - and obviously to society/humanity as an entirety - for us to continue to mollycoddle them and pretend that their shitty behavior isn't shitty. And it's obvious to me that the spell of FNM needs to continue to be broken because our sheep are not listening to people who know and love them, but to FNM talking heads and DS "experts".
I love my leftist friends and want them to break free of their emotional chains, but as adults they're responsible for their words and actions. Tolerating bad behavior hasn't worked out well for them or for society as a whole.