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There they go again. @amywestervelt
You mean a win for humans living on this planet, right?
Thanks, @Fly_Sistah. There's some willful not-knowing going on too, of course, but yeah. Lot of people don't know or haven't let it register.
Reupping this since people really seem not to know: White Affirmative Action https://www.sceneonradio.org/episode-44-white-affirmative-action-seeing-white-part-13/ @SceneOnRadio https://twitter.com/Fly_Sistah/status/998319073758007297
"The source for author Jordan Peterson’s recent claim that climate change cannot be modeled was a climate science denier who received money from a libertarian think tank funded by oil companies."
In the US, 70% of people are worried about climate change but only 8% are activated. Sowing uncertainty is a technique that's been used for decades to keep that gap as big as possible: "if we aren't 100% sure, best to wait." Here's the most recent example. https://www.desmog.com/2022/01/28/jordan-petersons-climate-expert-is-science-denier-funded-by-oil-backed-think-tank/
We're clear about this, right? The people banning books and accurate teaching about history and racism are not naive, not "overprotective" of kids' tender sensibilities about violence, language, etc. Assuring them that "kids can handle it" is beside the point. They know that. 1/2
