Quote from: TECSHARE on October 07, 2013, 09:00:08 AM

Quote from: FirstAscent on October 02, 2013, 06:17:13 PM

Quote from: westkybitcoins on October 02, 2013, 06:03:43 PM

Quote from: FirstAscent on October 02, 2013, 04:19:52 PM

Quote from: westkybitcoins on October 02, 2013, 01:09:53 PM

So, what steps do you think environmental activists could take, independent of others, that might alleviate the ill-will that much of society seems to have for them?

I can't say that environmental activists are creating a backlash that is greater or less than the awareness they create. Nor can you.

Fair enough point, considering that quantifying that would be quite subjective in the first place.

Yet the ill-will is there, and is having a notable impact.

If there were steps that activists could take on their own that could lessen the generation of ill-will (without a disproportionate expenditure of effort to do so,) then wouldn't it make sense for the activists to take such steps?

We just agreed that we can't say that the ill will activists create nullifies the awareness they create.

^I wonder if the distaste for environmentalist types is a result of dictating people's opinions to them an arrogance?^

Just because people don't want to drink your brand of kool-aid doesn't mean they don't care about the environment.

Caring about the environment by saying so isn't necessarily effective caring. If you don't know the importance of say, effect X or effect Y, then you won't care about it, and consequently might support action U and action V. Therefore, it's important to do one of two things:

1. Educate yourself about effects X and Y.
2. Or, don't be so certain in your support of action U and action V.

And so if you adamantly engage in U and V, yet wish to remain ignorant about X and Y, then maybe someone should tell you that you can't do U and V.