This is a technique of the GOP, to take dry humor + sarcasm literally and “fact check” it. Like the “world ending in 12 years” thing, you’d have to have the social intelligence of a sea sponge to think it’s literal. But the GOP is basically Dwight from The Office so who knows.https://twitter.com/MaxKennerly/status/1127600111952044032 …
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She was factually wrong but morally correct.
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And the constant hyperbole over the years—and it has been constant—is why the majority of people do not take alarmists like AOC, McKibben, et al, serious about anything.
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Was the 1988 Toronto climate conference declaration comparing global warming to nuclear war hyperbole too? If so, it suggests climate hyperbole is a poor comms strategy.
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Okay, but a couple of things. 1) it still seems to me to be an estimation in the same order of magnitude 2) she wants people to think that is the amount of time to act.
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It corresponds to the UN 2030. Wish folks would look it’s right there. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld …
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Geez I just did. I have never really read this Cram.
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Wrong,
@ScottAdamsSays. She was riling up people who are susceptible to messages like this. They took it literally. Fortunately she was mocked so heavily for it, it didn't gain much traction. We learned our lesson from@algore. You must mock them in these cases.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It is interpreted as hyperbole only when the originator is considered intelligent. This interpretation doesn't work so well with AOC. But it certainly resonates with her naive supporters.
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Yep, obvious. Doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy making fun just the same.
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