Don't be discouraged, Nate. The pushback shows that people are listening. You might try to find a social psychologist or cultural/evolutionary anthropologist to discuss why people have more visceral responses to war than to life support system destruction. People also have more visceral reactions to personal violence, such as a shooting or slaughter for meat, than to systemic violence, such as lead in the Flint, MI drinking water or the extermination of wildlife when a field is plowed for crops, even if those crops feed vegans with organic, non-GMO, free-seed ancient grains. The systemic violence causes far more suffering and death, but without a villain and a weapon we have trouble even empathizing with its victims.
Don't be discouraged, Nate. The pushback shows that people are listening. You might try to find a social psychologist or cultural/evolutionary anthropologist to discuss why people have more visceral responses to war than to life support system destruction. People also have more visceral reactions to personal violence, such as a shooting or slaughter for meat, than to systemic violence, such as lead in the Flint, MI drinking water or the extermination of wildlife when a field is plowed for crops, even if those crops feed vegans with organic, non-GMO, free-seed ancient grains. The systemic violence causes far more suffering and death, but without a villain and a weapon we have trouble even empathizing with its victims.