girlfreddyNov 24, 2023

'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I've changed my mind'

https://sh.itjust.works/post/9793939

'I thought climate change was a hoax. Now I've changed my mind' - sh.itjust.works

I spent years doubting the science of climate change and spending time with people who didn’t believe in the science either. When I realised I was wrong, I felt really embarrassed. To move away from those people meant leaving behind an entire community at a time when I didn’t have many friends. I went through a really difficult time. But the truth matters. I’m the granddaughter of coal miners in Pennsylvania and my family moved to Florida when I was young. We have a Polish Catholic background and we attended church regularly, but at the same time we were very connected to science because my mum was a nurse and my dad sold microscopes and other scientific equipment.

Show threadSnot FlickermanNov 24, 2023

While it’s wonderful she finally started questioning things, she deserves to feel way more than embarrassed for all the time she wasted and all the lies she repeated while believing it was a hoax.

Especially considering she was a science teacher before she finally changed her mind. Think of how many years she spent teaching misinformation. Is an “I’m sorry” and being embarrassed enough to make up for that, really?

It took her until well after “Climategate” to begin questioning it, and it seems like she listened to Rush Limbaugh religiously.

I’m glad she changed her mind, but this story is not inspiring to me. It’s anger-inducing that we have to fucking free these people from the mental fucking cages they built for themselves. Her being an absolute fucking disgrace to science education who woke up and was like “Oh shit, I don’t want to be an absolute fucking disgrace anymore” isn’t fucking newsworthy or inspiring. It’s bare minimum expectations of a decent fucking human being.

Show threaddoublejay1999

Fairly written.

It’s so hard to celebrate this, and yet we really should .

Nov 24, 2023 at 9:17pmWeb
Show threadafraid_of_zombiesNov 26, 2023
I have changed my mind about it. Ask me about 2003 I would have said I am not convinced. When I saw more evidence I changed my views.