• DarkFuture@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    Two options.

    1. Remind them that they are stupid and that California’s air quality used to be way worse before stricter fuel refinement and SMOG laws. As a Californian I can literally confirm this within my own lifetime.

    2. Stop speaking to them like I’ve done with all the dipshit conservatives in my orbit because you’ll never change them so why waste your time on lost causes? The only possible catalyst for change is them losing their loved ones due to their own ignorance but, realistically, that same ignorance will prevent them from accepting that it’s their own fault.

    • ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 days ago

      We saw the Herman Cain awards. I occasionally visit Reddit from my work laptop (it’s worse and worse these days), and they even have a sub now called “leopards ate my farm.” Watching those farmers describe their issues that Trump caused while never blaming him would tell any of us all we need to know about how willing these people are to change their minds when faced with new information.