How to argue with climate alarmists

1. Stop bandying insults with them. It does not help. Insults help neither you, by-standers, nor lefties. It annoys people. Bystanders will mute you to stop you boring them.

To be clear: never insult them - even when they provoke you. It distracts you (from your aim of presenting the evidence). It makes you look bad in the eyes of neutrals. It makes you feel bad in your own minds-eye. Insults harm you more than they harm your opponent. This isn't a Christian thing = be meek; it's a rationalist thing - use reason.

2. Ask them for their evidence. In fact: demand: evidence, evidence, evidence. Or demand they evaluate your evidence.

They will, most likely, give you some general statements. Don't accept generalities from them as evidence. Generalities are never evidence; they are conclusions. Demand specifics.

Lefties (Wokes, climate alarmists and Marxians) think in generalities. For example:

• all men are sexist
• all whites are racist
• all climate change is the fault of humans
• everything bad in society is due to capitalism

This is why we should ask for specific evidence, such as an actual example. It forces the alarmist to think and even question themselves about whether they really understand anything. If they cannot give a specific, clear example of something it becomes harder for them to generalize about everything. Then they begin to wonder whether they are right or wrong.

Don't let them distract you with: insults, bluster, projection, argument from authority, whataboutery and red-herrings. Stick to your point. Force them to at least say yay or nay to your evidence.

Discipline yourself. Discuss one issue at a time. Don't let them make the discussion about something else; which they'll try to do. Do not stop asking for evidence or demanding they look at evidence until they give you a clear reply such as: already looked at that, I reject it because blah, ... Force them to, at least, consider the evidence. Make it clear that if they want to move on to something else, they must first deal with your evidence. At the very least, they must tell you why they reject it.

3. Don't bother telling the left they are moral degenerates or anything like that. They'll find you incomprehensible. The reason they are the left is because they're morally superior to you (in their minds)! You can only win an argument about ethics/morality by presenting a careful argument which requires a discussion or a slideshow, or a video. Not bandying. Not labeling. You are allowed to make a side-snipe at the end: provided you already gave your evidence.