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In reply to the discussion: "I'm at a loss for words." [View all]rosesaylavee
(12,126 posts)20. My elderly aunt who is enamored of Trump
but lives in Florida -- agrees with me on Climate Change!
Sometimes -- the personal conversation -- not just a link, but an honest "This is what is concerning me, does this concern you" conversations opens up the discussion on another level. These groups give tools, techniques, suggestions for communication. It works on most. If someone is really not going to listen, there is nothing you can do for them. They will have to come to it another way. Find someone else to talk to about it -- work with a group -- any group -- all are needed!
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It's truly amazing that so many in the scientific community are in on this hoax
Martin Eden
Sep 2015
#1
They remember Jimmy Carter talking about limits, swept out by "Morning In America" Ronald Reagan
Overseas
Sep 2015
#35
Reagan was actually quite the technocrat--a "we'll just invent our way out of it like we did last
MisterP
Sep 2015
#36
Unfortunately, most of them will probably die of natural causes before the real consequensces hit.
Live and Learn
Sep 2015
#9
Among all the other things, all you tens of millions of kids enjoy that soccer game they drove you
jtuck004
Sep 2015
#6
Good advice. Frankly, the Far Right corporatists are FAR more sophisticated and effective...
Eleanors38
Sep 2015
#38
Nobody wants to listen to me, either -- I've tried. I joined a naturalist group that
Nay
Sep 2015
#22
What makes it worse is the deliberate intentional dumbing down of our students.
dixiegrrrrl
Sep 2015
#31