What To Say To Someone Who Denies Climate Change

Establishing common ground is crucial to a healthy discourse.

This one works on most congresspeople, too.

Appeal to their emotional side by tying in issues they are more likely to care about.

Urge them to consider a future in which their middle child who’s pretty decent is constantly suffering.

Let them know that wildfires and heat waves aren’t the only horrific side effects of climate change.

Whoa, the star of Sister Act and Little Nicky?

Imagine how they feel, their years of passionate toil being ignored!

Climate change deniers are the perfect people to dump your quickly disappearing beachfront property onto.

Before you win over their brain, you need to win their heart.

Only after you make this disclaimer can ExxonMobil CEO Darren Woods freely discuss the many horrors his company created.

If you feel them losing interest in the conversation, break things down into the simplest terms possible.

Why stress when you know humanity won’t get their act together in time?

It’s worth a shot.

Remind them that their longstanding grudge against the planet has probably clouded their judgment.

If facts and scientific journals aren’t enough, try this to get them on board.

They might reconsider their stance knowing your loved ones are affected by their beliefs.

Providing evidence of your heinous acts of pollution might convince them it’s real.

Emmy Rossum wasn’t even famous at that point, so they won’t be able to pin that on her.

Kindly remind them they were wrong once before.

Probably not going to faze them, but you have to at least put that shit out there.

Hearing this upsetting claim may rouse concern in even the toughest deniers.

Help them find the conspiracy theory that’s right for them, by showing them QAnon is way more enjoyable rabbit hole.