People in Europe, please don't let your politicians gaslight you like American politicians do to them.
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Sorry.
I posted this before this happened. I didn't mean for it to sting quite like that.@chu @catflyhigh @jason Of course, bad timing is all
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@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.
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@PallasRiot @chu
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@pelle@veganism.social
people being animals who need to eat food is not the cause of global climate change & your derail is probably unhelpful@peachfront
lol, #vegans are not against food.
you're mixing up #veganism and #breathatarianism.
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@chu @catflyhigh @jason Of course, bad timing is all
@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
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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.
@chu If I die in a heat wave someday y’all have full permission to politicize the hell out of my death.
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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.
@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
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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.
@chu heat death should be made political, but why american shootings shouldnt? is there some sarcasm i dont get?
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@chu heat death should be made political, but why american shootings shouldnt? is there some sarcasm i dont get?
I'm saying it should be.
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@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
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
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@chu If I die in a heat wave someday y’all have full permission to politicize the hell out of my death.
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.
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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.
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
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