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#Weaponized Lies How to #Think-Critically in the Post-Truth Era reminds us that there are rules to truth, and we know them. knowing that the #lie will cause problems, and #refuting it is a part of the process. knowing better is crucial
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My weekly #CO2 post yesterday attracted some 'skeptical' comments.
Look at my replies: I don't presume they're #trollers. I let their responses decide how much time/effort I put into #refuting their "CO2 is plant food!" #BigOil #misinformation.
Most turned out to be #deniers.🙄...
A simple type of #ClimateAction anyone can take: #Refuting the #disinformation spread by #fossilfuel #trollers on #socialmedia.
Years ago, I picked Flipboard as a place to defend against #BigOil, and the #trollnoise replies to #climatechange articles there are now down by 90%.👍
If you share your beliefs or #opinions publicly, be prepared to defend them, and bring reputable evidence if you're talking about manmade #climatechange.📚
#Deniers often won't (ie. can't) do that: part of #ClimateAction is #Refuting the #misinformation they pass off as facts.🤨
This is the perfect example of how #fossilfuel fans and #deniers spread doubt about #climatechange. Just a few sentences from a random #troller requires paragraphs of #Refuting by #ClimateAction #activists like myself.🤔
#Misinformation and #disinformation are viruses, folks.🧐
One predictable trait of #climatechange #deniers / #trollers is that they're quick to block anyone who presents facts and evidence #Refuting their #trollnoise or #misinformation.🤨
This one tried to use the "CO2 is a trace gas!" #trolltactic, and didn't like my factual response.
It was a nice day off.😁
Which I ended up spending too much of replying to #deniers and 'skeptics' about the #ClimateCrisis.😅
#Refuting #misinformation and #disinformation is useful, as it helps counter the #trollnoise, but I doubt I changed any minds.🤔
Still worth doing.👍
Hundreds of replies to this random tweet, FAR too many of which are from folks misinformed by #fossilfuel industry #disinformation (and the #DenialMachine) plus outright #trollers and #deniers of #climatechange #science.
I could spend all day there #Refuting #misinformation.😕📚...
Glad to see this making the rounds of #science pages / groups on #socialmedia.👍
Encouraging #CriticalThinking skills plus educating folks on spotting and #Refuting #misinformation / #disinformation is vital to reducing #trollnoise.✅
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PS: the bad thing about the #fossilfuel industry is its #disinfo about the #ClimateCrisis has been so pervasive for so long, it's difficult to tell the #usefulidiots who have been fooled and share such, from the actual paid #trollers.
All we can do is keep #Refuting it daily.👍
Do some thinking about #ClimateAction YOU specifically can do to halt the #ClimateCrisis:
#ThinkGlobal and #ActLocal.💚🌎✅
From getting people #ClimateBrainy to #Refuting #misinformation about #ClimateChange on #socialmedia, YOU can contribute to #activism and solutions daily.
