<![CDATA[People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them.]]>People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them.

After every school shooting is never the time to talk about gun control. Making it political is somehow "disrespectful" to the innocent children shot by mad men who got easy access to deadly weapons.

Now is the time to make every heat death political. Make every death count. Scream to the rafters. Hold public funerals for victims of heat deaths. Name the perpetrators. Don't let their deaths become meaningless.

Tell their stories. Use the opportunity to tell children about the lies of fossil fuels. Build monuments. Hold vigils. Sue fossil fuel companies for wrongful death.

Whatever tools you have, use them loudly and proudly. Don't let this slide.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/52702b44-851c-4dbb-b66e-fc28a4de533e/people-in-europe-please-don-t-let-your-politicians-gaslight-you-like-american-politicians-do-to-them.RSS for NodeFri, 24 Jul 2026 04:07:22 GMTMon, 29 Jun 2026 09:36:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:08:33 GMT]]>Just saw that France alone is reporting over 1000 heat deaths.

For the sake of everyone, please politicize these. Hold public services, memorials, and at every turn say they would still be alive if not for the lies of fossil fuel companies.

If anyone gets interviewed, the first thing out of your mouth should be the words "climate change".

"Climate change killed ......"
"Exxon Mobil lied and we died"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-deaths-heat-wave-9.7251959


]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116837797955564398https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116837797955564398Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:08:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:00:38 GMT]]>@pawcelot

I hope every death becomes politicized right now. In Chinese, there's a term, 白死. It means to die for nothing. May nobody 白死 and have every death used for good.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116837766810230999https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116837766810230999Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:00:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:37:05 GMT]]>@CStamp

My post had nothing to do with this shooting. It was posted before it happened. Or at least before I knew of it.

I was using the political tactic as an example

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116837674200458563https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116837674200458563Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:37:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:35:52 GMT]]>@lllisha

I'm saying it should be.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116837669452787927https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116837669452787927Tue, 30 Jun 2026 06:35:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:12:01 GMT]]>@chu heat death should be made political, but why american shootings shouldnt? is there some sarcasm i dont get?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/ap/users/116584453793238302/statuses/116837339701782692https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/ap/users/116584453793238302/statuses/116837339701782692Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:12:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:04:34 GMT]]>@chu 1) Germany is a country, it's not the whole of Europe. 2) The only country that seems to tolerate mass shootings is the US. Can't speak for Germany, but anytime this happens in Canada, gun regulations tighten to make it more difficult for the next one. Our problem is the @#%$@#%@#%$@ lax gun laws in the US and those guns making it across the border. 😞

"Germany has very strict gun laws, among the strictest in Europe."

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-at-least-6-killed-in-shooting-in-stade/a-77754951

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116837310439918281https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116837310439918281Tue, 30 Jun 2026 05:04:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:55:11 GMT]]>@chu If I die in a heat wave someday y’all have full permission to politicize the hell out of my death.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/pawcelot/statuses/116835857940537409https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/pawcelot/statuses/116835857940537409Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:55:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:17:39 GMT]]>@theory @chu @catflyhigh oh of course. I’m just in Europe at the moment and saw the German news first so the opener felt a little close to current events

Totally agree on the framing though! “Our country just had over a thousand heat deaths” should be an embarrassment resulting in huge government spending to address the problem. It’s negligent, IMO

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://logoff.website/users/jason/statuses/116835710389543065https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://logoff.website/users/jason/statuses/116835710389543065Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:17:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:59:09 GMT]]>@peachfront
lol, are not against food.
you're mixing up and .
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inedia

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/veganguide/statuses/116835637631342736https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/veganguide/statuses/116835637631342736Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:59:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:38:03 GMT]]>@PallasRiot @chu
lol what a motor brained response

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/116835318742728856https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/116835318742728856Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:38:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:52:15 GMT]]>@pelle @chu I think the absurdity of your response kind of makes my point for me lol

You can be as upset as you want at individual motorists, and they will continue to need to get to work. Individual consumptive choices are seldom a very coherent or organized form of political expression.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/PallasRiot/statuses/116835138665769147https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/PallasRiot/statuses/116835138665769147Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:52:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:23:30 GMT]]>@chu @catflyhigh @jason Of course, bad timing is all

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/theory/statuses/116834789660267367https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/theory/statuses/116834789660267367Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:23:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:19:48 GMT]]>@theory @catflyhigh @jason

Sorry.
I posted this before this happened. I didn't mean for it to sting quite like that.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116834775112850916https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://climatejustice.social/users/chu/statuses/116834775112850916Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:19:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:11:17 GMT]]>@pelle@veganism.social

people being animals who need to eat food is not the cause of global climate change & your derail is probably unhelpful

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/peachfront/statuses/116834741622470227https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.community/users/peachfront/statuses/116834741622470227Mon, 29 Jun 2026 18:11:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:02:52 GMT]]>@catflyhigh @jason @chu Jesus

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/theory/statuses/116834236633636968https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/theory/statuses/116834236633636968Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:02:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:23:29 GMT]]>@theory
It was not in a school, but in a youth center.
But anyways, 6 are dead. (all adults)
2 have been arrested.
there will be a press-conference at 19.30
edit: corrected the time for the press conference

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/niedersachsen/lueneburg_heide_unterelbe/liveticker-zu-stade-sechste-person-stirbt-nach-schuessen-in-jugendeinrichtung,stade-150.html

@jason @chu

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/catflyhigh/statuses/116834081776375733https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://troet.cafe/users/catflyhigh/statuses/116834081776375733Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:23:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:12:18 GMT]]>@chu sadly a prophetical post given the shooting in Stade, Germany.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.de/users/ErikUden/statuses/116834037805752145https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.de/users/ErikUden/statuses/116834037805752145Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:12:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:11:48 GMT]]>@Susibryant @mcjevans @pelle @chu
The poll, where 99% of swedes responded that they eat animals, is from March 2026: https://www.svtplay.se/video/K1qQgnn/skavlan-och-sverige-1/skulle-du-lagt-algen-i-ambulansen

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/veganguide/statuses/116834035835566192https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/veganguide/statuses/116834035835566192Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:11:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:11:04 GMT]]>@chu also airflow architecture so air doesn't stay stagnant in apartments

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pony.social/ap/users/115823851821012972/statuses/116834032977357308https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://pony.social/ap/users/115823851821012972/statuses/116834032977357308Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:11:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:09:44 GMT]]>@chu Yeah, we gave them the benefit of the doubt and didn't advocate immediately after a shooting...and they just did it anyway, sometimes within minutes of news breaking. My guess if your respective conservative/far-right party will do the same.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116834027700705377https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://todon.eu/ap/users/115601049471092408/statuses/116834027700705377Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:09:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:08:18 GMT]]>@PallasRiot @chu
yes, car manufacturers and policymakers have a responsibilty for motorist supremacy, but you can't just buy an SUV and wash your hands: »why aren't the politicians doing anything about the climate?«

driving is a choice. making that choice means being okay with flattening a certain amount of deer, rabbits, frogs, snakes, foxes, mice and badgers, and making the city streets unsafe for kids as well as grown ups, and polluting air and water with exhaust and microplastics.

similarly, the US gun lobby has a responsibilty for gun violence, but that doesn't absolve the person who pulls the trigger.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/116834022113765937https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/116834022113765937Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:08:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:53:21 GMT]]>@mcjevans @chu
yes, and IEA members are rich countries. has almost 20 × the flesh consumption per capita of India. "celebrated" on April 4th this year.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_meat_consumption

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/116833963308096323https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://veganism.social/users/pelle/statuses/116833963308096323Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:53:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:50:34 GMT]]>@jason @chu WAT

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/theory/statuses/116833952341209170https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://xoxo.zone/users/theory/statuses/116833952341209170Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:50:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them. on Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:48:56 GMT]]>@chu @theory I was confused about this at first because there was a mass shooting this morning in Germany

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://logoff.website/users/jason/statuses/116833945927296455https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://logoff.website/users/jason/statuses/116833945927296455Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:48:56 GMT