Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of...
by tombert on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @12:33PM
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Sure, but I think that it's needlessly divisive to pin it on a generation, particularly when I can find counterexamples for each.
I have no issue whatsoever with complaining about individuals who are destroying the world right now [3], I'm certainly not going to sit here and defend basically any fossil fuel executive, but I think saying it's a generational thing is needlessly reductive and doesn't buy us anything. I don't think Noam Chomsky [1] or Bernie Sanders are destroying the world [2], and I don't think millennial/gen-z bozos like Charlie Kirk are helping it.
[1] I realize he's older than a boomer, but I think my point still fits.
[2] At least not advocating for stuff that's destroying the planet. I am not trying to take a directly political stand.
I have no issue whatsoever with complaining about individuals who are destroying the world right now [3], I'm certainly not going to sit here and defend basically any fossil fuel executive, but I think saying it's a generational thing is needlessly reductive and doesn't buy us anything. I don't think Noam Chomsky [1] or Bernie Sanders are destroying the world [2], and I don't think millennial/gen-z bozos like Charlie Kirk are helping it.
[1] I realize he's older than a boomer, but I think my point still fits. [2] At least not advocating for stuff that's destroying the planet. I am not trying to take a directly political stand.
[3] clarification edit.