Thom Hartmann: We're all going to die and no-one's talking about it

[AverageJoe90]

12. I liked most of what you said, but dammit......

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....will some people PLEASE, for the love of all that is good and dear, including our planet, stop saying that Humanity is going to go extinct?!?!?

Listen, Thom, I know climate change is a very serious problem(believe me when I say this!), but I have to be bluntly honest, and point out this kind of stuff seriously isn't helping us getting the message out. Not only is it making us look bad, and is turning people away, but this is actually giving ammo to WattsUpWithThat and other deniers & anti-AGW 'skeptics', and their enablers(Exxon, the Kochs, etc.) all across the world to fuel their twist & spin. Here's just one example:

http://pgosselin.wordpress.com/2010/07/19/die-welt-earth-could-become-like-venus-875%C2%B0f/

This is what we have to face nowadays, and sadly, this type of "Chicken Little" stuff is part of the reason why.

Thom, if nothing else, let me speak from personal experience: I used to be a skeptic, some years ago. And this is exactly the kind of thing that made me turn away from reality(and I am as far from being alone as one can get), and it was thanks to people like Peter Sinclair(he's on DU too, btw), and SkepticalScience that I did finally wake up to the truth as it stands.

I'm sorry if I came across as being a bit angry but believe me, if I didn't know and care so much about this problem, I wouldn't be saying all this right now.

I hope you can understand where I'm coming from.

-A Concerned Listener.