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Extreme weather events are exactly the time to talk about climate change – here's why
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I tried 1) with my mother, who is sadly hooked on right wing news sources. The fires in Europe are being laid by disgruntled migrants and the "elites" are withholding their geo engineering powers due to greed, they could simply make it rain, but that isn‘t profitable enough or something.
She didn‘t really listen to my perspective. Overall, as always, it was a waste of time trying to communicate about anything of substance. I‘ve had a similar experience with a coworker recently, making me feel pretty hopeless sometimes how many people like that are out there.
The goal, usually, is not a total viewpoint flip. Just moving people a little bit. And it's not all about facts, but often about trust and relationship