Comment by munificent
8 years ago
> You're just concerned about projecting the appearance
> that you care.
This is a completely unnecessary, uncharitable attack. The reasonable interpretation of the parent comment is that they do actually care about climate change but the two of you disagree on which mechanisms will most effectively reduce it.
>This is a completely unnecessary, uncharitable attack.
Yes it is unnecessarily snarky and if I could edit my comment I would remove that line.
>> This is a completely unnecessary, uncharitable attack.
Not necessarily. If your parent had been a car-user and staunch supporter of Pigouvian taxes, they may have felt personally and unreasonably attacked by their previous poster and merely responded in kind. Notice that the language is identical, signaling a reflexive reaction.
Personally, I think they are both right about what needs to be done. Personal action and collectively enforced action.