When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.
In the United States of America, unfortunately we still live in a bubble of unreality.
At some point, a false belief collides with physical reality.
Like an audience entertained by a magician, we allow ourselves to be deceived by those with a stake in persuading us to ignore reality.
There is the natural tendency that all of us are vulnerable to, to deny unpleasant realities and to look for any excuse to push them away and resolve to think about them another day long in the future.
The crisis is a concrete threatening reality today. It stands to get catastrophically worse unless we take action before the accumulation [of] this global warming pollution reaches such toxic levels that the problem becomes bigger than we can solve.
Traditionally the United States has been the natural leader of the world. That's not just pride as an American speaking; it's just the reality. Without the U.S. being involved in Paris Climate Agreement, it's hard for the world community to move forward as effectively.
George Orwell once wrote that a false belief sooner or later collides with physical reality, usually on a battlefield.
