I love that people are surprised that a man who prominently wrote "ARM THE HOMELESS" on a guitar he uses on stage is leftist as fuck. Like, I don't know what you expected dude.
Would leave your car running in the garage with the door closed? Earth = Big garage with lots of cars. That should be easy enough for anyone to understand
You would think. Ugh. It makes complete sense to me, but these big picture things are kinda lost on many. There is a lot of angry, and confused people in my part of the world. In the end, I can't blame them, as they're apart of a larger system with the same mentality, and many have never been given a chance to see outside their own survival within that system. I can try though, and hope. Part of me feels the climate deniers are just that. In denial.. about their own place in the world, but do feel these consequences in their bones. Some are just outright selfish and really don't care.
Makes me wonder how you could see the year-on-year increase in climate related natural disasters, temperature records being broken over and over in both directions, the shortening of the "between" seasons, and come to conclusion that Climate change isn't real.
Even arguing it isn't man-made is a better argument, because at least that only involves handwaving away the well-known effects of the pollutants we're dumping into the atmosphere by the tonnes.
You'd be surprised how little these people can think about any given topic. When I was still in contact with my conspiracy theorist mom, she often sent me stuff that specifically went against her beliefs, but she misinterpreted them and thought they agreed with her.
One time I sent her a meme about "dihydrogen monoxide" to try to show her how easy it is to use scientific language to mislead people, but she literally thought it was real and didn't listen to me when I told her it was satire. That was the day I realized she was never getting out of the conspiracy hole.
I'm sorry, that's tough. I know how difficult it is to have to accept this about someone you love, especially a parent. It sucks because even when you've given up hope of them changing, there's still a teensy bit of foolish hope that persists, and that always stings.
"If climate change is real why is it still cold in the winter"
"There's no climate change, just earth cycles. This is a good thing actually."
"Climate change is fake and doesn't matter because Jesus is coming and the True Believers(tm) will be ruptured to heaven and the world will be destroyed and remade, as it is written"
"Climate change isn't real, the lamesteam media is a bunch of lying communist feminazis paid for by the liberals, and the scientists are all a bunch of fascist propagandists trying to turn America into a dictatorship ruled by gay Satan worshipping baby killers. We have to prepare to use our 2nd amendment rights to fight the commu-fascists flooding our country with illegal aliens."
-your average climate change denier. Also my mom, my uncle, and my mom's group of little old ladies at church.
We are not all going to melt! Some are going to drown instead! It was very very fun to have 17 degrees and heavy rain for hours here in Finland yesterday when Southern Europe is on fire. :)