The linked Bloomberg article, “Climate change is making people angrier online”, claimed, besides the allegation of the title, that climate change and hotter temperatures cause, “more domestic violence”. This reminded me of another assertion declaring that the greatest amount of domestic violence occurs on Super Bowl Sundays. The claim, made by an association of feminist groups, appeared in almost all newspapers as a factual matter and an antidote for such violence must be addressed.
The allegation was proven untrue and was simply a fabrication of fiction. It continues to falsely resurface as each and every Super Bowl draws near. The “allegation was proven untrue” link is a perfect assertion for those that consider climate change an authentic theory. It reads, “This is a case study of how easily an idea congruous with what people want to believe can be implanted in the public consciousness and anointed as “fact” even when there is little or no supporting evidence behind it.” And, in the case of climate change, evidence and testimony that is constantly refuted.
The Bloomberg story elevates suddenly from angry people online to, “psychiatric hospitalizations, increased rates of suicide” as well as the increase in domestic violence. However, then it skips to the statement, “Incensed posts have led to more violence toward minorities, including mass shootings, lynchings, and ethnic cleansing, according to the Council on Foreign Relations, a New York-based think tank.”
After this statement, they endeavor to return the bad behaviors and deeds of humans to climate change. This while disclosing that they neglected society-dividing events like the George Floyd situation and its related protests as well as the January 6th entry into the US capital building and likely any other matter that politically partitions and separates the population.
As illustrated on many occasions, research studies or fairy tales like this, find fast funding when the researchers emphasize that they can somehow associate or relate climate change to a study irrespective of applicability or relevance. Thus, the shrewd studiers here had to claim recent weather events as assured indicators of anthropogenic climate change, while pointing out unfavorable human behavior.
The world does seem to be much more antagonistic and individual loathing seems to be at an all-time high, however, that seems to be a purposeful strategy of certain politicians and their ideologies. In this case, it’s the political climate that has changed – and certainly for the worse.
The study’s summary is “The first thing to do is limit global warming, that’s the most obvious approach to solving this.”
I have linked the Bloomberg article from Chron.com since the former becomes paywalled after a certain number of articles have been accessed.