On 28/09/2019 11:34 PM, Stephen Loosley wrote:
But as the past week shows, the right is perfectly willing to attack the
children. Instead, the problem is that, as Mr. Carlson seems to realize,
there’s just not a very resonant counter message for a youth movement to
protect the planet. Polling also suggests that there’s an increasingly
shrinking pool of conservative listeners for it, with a majority of Republicans
under age 45 now identifying as concerned about climate change. And so it feels
increasingly likely that, when it comes to climate, the right-wing media, which
is skewed toward an aging Republican audience, may simply be obsolete.
In other words, it’s not that the right can’t attack the climate kids because
of their age. Rather, it’s that because of their age, the right’s attacks feel
especially feeble.
Two ideas some to mind after reading this:
- the sound of one hand clapping
- Hey, Jones, do you still beat your wife?
The former is the result of being ignored.
The second is when a moralistic twat is backed into a corner.
Jan
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