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One really clear thing from this and the emerging reactions is that the US Democrats have very significantly evolved their policy philosophies and framing / messaging on climate, while conservatives still rely on repeating exactly the same protests from ten years ago. https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1354496475842142214
There was a time when no one dared talk about the complex distinctions between domestic action needing to be paired with leadership and encouragement of other countries.
Kerry just comes about and says it, knowing full well these bad-faith attacks will come, but bounce off
Kerry just comes about and says it, knowing full well these bad-faith attacks will come, but bounce off
This wasn't even a good burn in 2008
None of them really seem to know what to say about this. They're clutching at old lines but it's sort of half-hearted. I think that's why Cruz' "I care about Pittsburgh not Paris" just landed with such a wet, ineffectual slop on the ground. Things have changed.
Literally: no new ideas for two full decades now. It's pure robotics.
What the Democrats seem to have discovered is that if you actually hold your ground with solid policy against the bad-faith hand-wringing and nonsense-attacks from conservatives / libertarians on climate, those attacks lose all their power, and you end up winning.
And that shaping policy around both evidence and justice-driven equity issues should be the primary drivers, not a weird and self-destructive desire for 'bipartisanship' and 'civility'. You can't negotiate with terrorists. The contrast to Australia's centre-left party is stunning
