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 threadteftNov 24, 2023

granddaughter of coal miners

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.

–Upton Sinclair

When someone is indoctrinated for generations it’s hard to pull away. Hopefully she makes up for it but at least she realizes now that she was wrong.

Show threadalmar_quigleyNov 24, 2023
Why is this an excuse? I don’t even know what my grandparents did for a living. Just because they may have been tailors doesn’t mean I would have any special knowledge passion or feeling on fashion or the clothing industry.
Show threadhydrospanner

I don’t even know what my grandparents did for a living.

I mean, if it was your great grandparents that’s different, but your grandparents?

Honestly that’s a little bit sad that you don’t even know that much about them.

Also, you not knowing or caring doesn’t mean that’s the case for everyone…though it does shed light on why you may not understand the significance of coal mining on the coal region of the US.

It was more than simply an occupation.

Nov 26, 2023 at 3:45amWeb
Show threadalmar_quigleyNov 27, 2023
lol, no. Continuing to not support actual science because of some bullshit reason like my grandparents had a job like 70 years ago is ignorant plain and simple. There is no amount of culture or tradition that can justify that.