Remember, we aren’t allowed to Shame people because of their body, their sexuality, or anything else. Unless you refuse to accept the political belief in anthropogenic global warming/climate change
Does shame have a place in the climate fight? Jennifer Jacquet thinks so
Jennifer Jacquet thinks we all need more shame in our lives.
At least, that‘s the premise of her pointedly titled book Is Shame Necessary?: New Uses for an Old Tool, in which she describes the troubling lack of chagrin demonstrated by the corporations and governments who have been busily trashing the environment for decades, nay, centuries. Meanwhile, the more sensitive among us (i.e. anyone who has ever Asked Umbra) are wracked with guilt about what untold horrors our lint rollers and beach reads and unweeded gardens might wreak on the climate.
To roughly paraphrase Jacquet: Chill, y’all! No one is going to make or break the planet on one anxiety-ridden trip to Whole Foods, so stop acting like it. Your time would be much better spent wagging a finger at the 90 companies responsible for the bulk of historical emissions.
Gotta love it. Warmists who refuse to give up their own use of fossil fuels and big carbon footprints shouldn’t be shamed, only those Big Big Companies should! Of course, it’s not one trip. It’s trip after trip after trip. It’s constant use of things that supposedly contribute to AGW. Often made by Big Big Corporations.
