<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Gore, partisanship, and climate change]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Bart Anderson http://www.grist.org/article/cant-we-all-just-get-along/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 08:04:08 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/cant-we-all-just-get-along/1 Magnificent propaganda apparatus

Part of the problem is that the right wing has a magnificent news and propaganda apparatus. They are able to frame the issue ("partisan Gore") and put out the most absurd lies and distortions. It infects our entire discourse.  Instead of analyzing, reasoning and solving problems, we have to waste energy dealing with these absurdities.

In the long run, I think the answer is to develop our own network of news and information.

This is why I think Grist/Gristmill is so important. Not just for the content, but for the community it is creating. If I disagree with people at Gristmill, I trust them to tell the truth as they see it, and I will learn something from our discussion.

There's a similar dynamic in the peak oil blogosphere. So much so, that a critic called it "a slick public relations machine."  (Amusing to us, since this "PR machine" operates almost entirely through volunteers.)

Bart
Energy Bulletin

]]> Magnificent propaganda apparatus

Part of the problem is that the right wing has a magnificent news and propaganda apparatus. They are able to frame the issue ("partisan Gore") and put out the most absurd lies and distortions. It infects our entire discourse.  Instead of analyzing, reasoning and solving problems, we have to waste energy dealing with these absurdities.

In the long run, I think the answer is to develop our own network of news and information.

This is why I think Grist/Gristmill is so important. Not just for the content, but for the community it is creating. If I disagree with people at Gristmill, I trust them to tell the truth as they see it, and I will learn something from our discussion.

There's a similar dynamic in the peak oil blogosphere. So much so, that a critic called it "a slick public relations machine."  (Amusing to us, since this "PR machine" operates almost entirely through volunteers.)

Bart
Energy Bulletin

]]> Comment #2 by sallymole http://www.grist.org/article/cant-we-all-just-get-along/ Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:28:05 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/cant-we-all-just-get-along/2 Al Gore's example

One of the best things Al Gore has done for us is to keep doing the right thing no matter what the partisan politics. He knows that saving the planet is not a political issue --it's a survival issue. As we follow his example, and work to make the changes needed in our own lives and in our communities, he's creating a powerful stucture to help us along.

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One of the best things Al Gore has done for us is to keep doing the right thing no matter what the partisan politics. He knows that saving the planet is not a political issue --it's a survival issue. As we follow his example, and work to make the changes needed in our own lives and in our communities, he's creating a powerful stucture to help us along.

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