• fishy@lemmy.today
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    4 hours ago

    I spent three hours convincing a couple MAGAs on nextdoor that global warming is real and we’ve known for nearly 100 years. Had to go into remedial science mode and explain why greenhouse gasses trap heat in, complete with videos showing CO2 experiments like they do in high school. One guy begrudgingly agreed but the second guy was shook. I think he started coming to terms with the fact he’s blindly believed lies and started questioning other “truths”.

    There may be hope, but he might’ve just turned Fox on after and stuck his head back into the sand.

    • rumba@lemmy.zip
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      2 hours ago

      Changing worldviews is hard.

      I was raised on a steady diet of fox news. When I finally became traveled enough to realize it was bullshit, I had to come to dozens of separate now seemingly obvious conclusions before i had a half-decent picture. Even CNN, ABC, CBS have their own stuff to sell. The media is a business, and it sells.

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      2 hours ago

      I’d love to believe you convinced people on Next Door of anything. I usually only troll there. Place is a cesspool.