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UncleMeat 9 hours ago

The "she is unlikable" argument is just working backwards. It is a mechanism to criticize climate activism without having to talk about the ways in which climate change is a crime against our children. There is no possible behavior that she could take that would not produce this "she is unlikable" response except to never speak in public whatsoever.

blueflow 8 hours ago | parent [-]

A bit less of the superlatives would help.

> ... talk about the ways in which climate change is a crime against our children.

For example, how is this phrase supposed to work, rhetorically. Shaming people into joining your cause?

UncleMeat 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Don't you think it is funny that you are doing the same thing people are doing to Thunberg?

I do not believe that it would help. Respectability politics does not have an especially strong track record. Complaints merely shift.

I believe very deeply that climate change is a crime against our children. This is not me hyperbolizing.

blueflow 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I get it, your beliefs are strong, so must be your politics. Its somehow my fault for not liking your methods.

Gnah, just find your supporters elsewhere...

UncleMeat 6 hours ago | parent [-]

I will. I am not demanding that you end up as a supporter. What I'm saying is that I do not expect that me choosing different words would make you a supporter even if I tried.

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