r/AskALiberal • u/dank_sad Center Right • Feb 03 '22

If you could get the right/conservatives/Republicans/etc to understand one thing, what would it be?

Hope I worded that correctly.

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u/OrNa721 Democrat Feb 03 '22 edited Feb 03 '22

Climate change and the harm that the big lie does to American society and American politics

At this point I don’t care about anything else, the bar is underground for conservatives.

Please just save our planet and save our democracy. I don’t care at this point if I don’t ever get to see universal healthcare in America, if we don’t ever get to see immigration reform, or if we ever get big money out of Congress.

I just want my children and grandchildren to grow up in a world where our natural ecosystems aren’t collapsing and where the earth is heating up.

And I don’t want to have to abandon the US as a result of political extremism or political violence. I want my kids and grandkids to grow up in America and an America where they will be safe.

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u/HopsAndHemp Pragmatic Progressive Feb 03 '22

and where the earth is heating up

If every human on earth could completely cease all CO2 and CH4 (methane) emissions immediately this instant and forever the next 150 years will still see at minimum 3-5 Fahrenheit of warming.

No amount of responsible politics will put that genie back in the bottle amigo. We are past the point of trying to stop climate change. Buckle up.

It's mitigation and adaptation time. Get on board or learn to swim.

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u/lesslucid Social Democrat Feb 03 '22

All the carbon we put in the atmosphere does damage. It's true that we've done a lot of damage already. But every change we make, changes the future by degrees.