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My neighbors vote against doing anything positive like holding companies resposible and making them change their practices to fight climate change.
Fuck 'em.
I share your frustration as I'm from a red state. Say you didn't have such selfish and unfortunately ignorant neighbors - would you feel differently about engaging them?
Yes.
In fact I used to help them out before knowing how horribly racist and sexist and selfish they are.
I'm sorry to hear that. It sucks to be burned by people when you're just trying to do the right thing. I keep wanting to hold out hope that we can, against all odds, find ways to build bridges where it seems impossible. Maybe it's not quite there yet, but I'm hoping they can see the writing on the wall sooner or later. Say if they experience one bad weather event, maybe they put hate aside and really start acting on addressing climate change. Not all of them will be convinced, but I'm seeing the tide change for the better and that's reason enough for hope to remain alive for me. My wishes for you too to stay hopeful, friend.