Schlosser85
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Still doesn’t make Trump just business as usual though, no matter how much you paint it that way.
"Shtick"f Biden gets in the race he might even find himself pandering to the kiddies strategically and getting on board with all the "in 10 years climate change is irreversible - ban gas cars by then!" schtick
Because caring about the issue that's eventually gonna kill the planet = kiddie shtick.
Did that Alexandria Ocasio Cortez really change her voice to speak to a black audience?
I haven't seen the clip as I don't have sound right now but just seeing a few funny pictures has got me wondering.
Whenever I’m around my extended family, my Texas accent almost immediately goes into overdrive.People change how they speak around different groups. Not everyone does it or they take longer to adjust, but it's a real thing and not uncommon.
Like I said I haven't actually heard the audio to see if its people over reacting or her genuinely being daft I will reserve judgement till I hear it.People change how they speak around different groups. Not everyone does it or they take longer to adjust, but it's a real thing and not uncommon.
Like I said I haven't actually heard the audio to see if its people over reacting or her genuinely being daft I will reserve judgement till I hear it.
But personally I don't know any politicians who change how they talk to fit certain groups I've never seen Corbyn or May open a speech in South London by going "Wagwan."
Two very English people are very similar to a woman from the Bronx. How you not know that Elektra1?Are they from South London? AOC is from the Bronx. She would have heard the different ways of speaking growing up and probably adjusted her own way of speaking depending on who she was talking to. Like I said, this is something perfectly natural and people do it all the time.
Ok after hearing her compared to how she usually talks this sounds cringey as all hell.
Curious question, would a white politician doing that be responded to with acceptance or something else?
I’ve seen the code switching argument used in reference to this but somehow it seems to be described neutrally/positively for AOC but I doubt that would be the case for anyone doing it.
I think it would heavily depend on how natural it is. I know I have a different accent with people I am comfortable with. I mean, I know this because my family and friends have told me I talk differently when with them.Curious question, would a white politician doing that be responded to with acceptance or something else?
I’ve seen the code switching argument used in reference to this but somehow it seems to be described neutrally/positively for AOC but I doubt that would be the case for anyone doing it.
Because caring about the issue that's eventually gonna kill the planet = kiddie shtick.
I didn't say anything remotely like that.
I said the "in 10 years it'll be irreversible" thing is party-line schtick. Read that report they're sourcing, the scientists that wrote it have come out saying that's not remotely what they were getting at.
But by all means, paint it as a "duh huh look at the guy who doesn't think climate change isn't real durr durr" fallacy if it's more convenient for you.
This. Most people in America don't care about something unless it's going to effect them personally in the relatively near future. We top the charts in selfishness. Lifestyles have to change and if we keep viewing it as a vague, slow future process that change will never come until it really is too late.You basically have to frame it in ****ing apocalyptic terms to have a snowball's chance in hell of anyone ever getting off their ass about it.
I couldn't give less of a **** about shutting down coal mines. I can't believe we still have them.
No one blames all the tornadoes or hurricanes on climate change. The issue is the amount and ferocity are going up. The ice caps are melting in front of our eyes. Sea levels are rising. The oceans are heating up. Wildfire season is basically year around in California at this point. There is an immediacy that is being ignored because it isn't Fury Road yet in everyone's backyard. The truth is we are already seeing effects, and there is damage being done now that needs to be stopped to lessen the impact in the future.That's the point though, we don't have to in 12 years. According to the report these people are citing.
That's part of the backlash to this climate change stuff and you know it. The vast, vast majority of people agree it's a real thing that's happening, both parties, but when you start framing it as this apocalyptic immediacy and blaming every tornado & hurricane we get on it, calling to phase out fossil fuels entirely in a decade and replace the coal infrastructure with...wind farms, calling to shut down potential oil pipelines yet not seeming to care that trucking the stuff from Canada as we currently do has more of a carbon footprint, people tune out.
Irreversible-in-a-decade is basically "the Maldives will be underwater by 2008" Al Gore bull****, and it's not even what the scientists were claiming in the first place.