Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoElon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jonesabcnews.go.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1189
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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNone of those are anywhere near as polluting as jet fuel. Which has lead in it.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoIt’s still justifying pollution for your convenience. And a lot more CO2 has been emitted for the convenience of people who aren’t rich. If you live in the US, you are responsible for 3-10X the emissions of people in other countries. You can’t justify that by pointing to Musk.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoI see, so I can’t criticize Musk for adding lead to the atmosphere for his personal convenience because I have a carbon footprint. Logical.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoSingling someone out for criticism when you do the same is the definition of hypocrisy.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoBut… I don’t do the same. I don’t put lead into the atmosphere.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoYou’ve never flown on a commercial aircraft? Or bought anything that was transported by air?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoAre you saying those aircraft wouldn’t have flown if I didn’t specifically do those things? Because otherwise, again, not the same.
minus-squareFlowVoid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf that’s the standard, then Musk is not responsible either. His aircraft would have flown even if he never purchased it.
None of those are anywhere near as polluting as jet fuel. Which has lead in it.
It’s still justifying pollution for your convenience. And a lot more CO2 has been emitted for the convenience of people who aren’t rich.
If you live in the US, you are responsible for 3-10X the emissions of people in other countries. You can’t justify that by pointing to Musk.
I see, so I can’t criticize Musk for adding lead to the atmosphere for his personal convenience because I have a carbon footprint.
Logical.
Singling someone out for criticism when you do the same is the definition of hypocrisy.
But… I don’t do the same. I don’t put lead into the atmosphere.
You’ve never flown on a commercial aircraft? Or bought anything that was transported by air?
Are you saying those aircraft wouldn’t have flown if I didn’t specifically do those things? Because otherwise, again, not the same.
If that’s the standard, then Musk is not responsible either. His aircraft would have flown even if he never purchased it.
Yes, that’s very comparable. 🙄