Originally Posted by
tomgoodman
...rhetoric like this will not obtain the funding that activists seek. Nobody has ever been insulted into handing over money or votes. Persuasion takes longer, but works better.
Al Gore and others tried what you suggest. Tough love is necessary sometimes. When confronting entrenched interests like Big Oil playing nice simply doesn't work no matter how overwhelming the evidence as is the case here.
What is interesting is the human capacity for self-delusion even with folks whose profession is science-based and data driven. Hopefully, people will see and learn from how easily they have been manipulated.