Coordinated climate obstruction found on social media

THANKS to the overall idiocy of the climate-denial arguments usually seen in these parts, for a time, I believed that the best strategy for responding to them was to actually not to — a principle social media users know as "don't feed the trolls." Reacting to ludicrous climate-denial claims draws attention to them that they would not otherwise get beyond their usual echo chambers, and since climate change continues to manifest itself in new and increasingly frightening ways, no matter what anyone says about it, even acknowledging climate denialism may be abetting gaslighting.

However, I have lately come to the conclusion that this is the wrong approach. If the discouraging saga of the return of Donnorhea to the White House has taught us anything, it is that the forces of regression and exploitation are far more disciplined and coordinated than any of us normal people realized or were willing to acknowledge. While it is not unreasonable to expect them to self-destruct, they very well could destroy everything in the process, making the "ignore them until they go away" strategy extremely risky and actually rather irresponsible.

ROUGH TRADE