Global Warming Fuelling Online Hate! Shock! Horror! By James Reed
This is simply terrible and a reason, no doubt for eternally guilty white people, drenched in racism and white privilege, to bang their heads against the wall, or whatever we are supposed to do. You see, according to an article in The Lancet Planetary Health, global warming fuels online hate, as people, I suppose whites, get hot under the collar, and explode into racism, as they tend to do. So, that is why we cannot have civilised things like cars, meat, and heating. Yes, I understand. Nor should we have universities which must be the first things to be cancelled. Thus, close them down! Do it for the sake of climate change justice!
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanplh/article/PIIS2542-5196(22)00173-5/fulltext
“Global warming is fuelling an increase in online hate crimes, according to new research.
Incidents soar by more than a fifth when the mercury index rises - shedding fresh light on the phenomenon.
Climate change is getting people hot-under-the-collar during conversations on social media. Temperatures above 30°C (86°F) are consistently linked.
It applies to all climate zones irrespective of socioeconomic differences such as income, religious beliefs or political preferences.
The findings, published in The Lancet Planetary Health, have implications for social cohesion - suggesting there will be more aggression and violence unless greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically reduced.
Scientists used a computer neural network to analyze four billion tweets from users in the US.
First author Dr. Annika Stechemesser said: "People tend to show a more aggressive online behavior when it's either too cold or too hot outside.
"Being the target of online hate speech is a serious threat to people's mental health. The psychological literature tells us online hate can aggravate mental health conditions, especially for young people and marginalized groups.
"We see outside the feel-good window of 12-21°C (54-70°F) online hate increases up to 12 percent for colder temperatures and up to 22 percent for hotter temperatures across the USA."
The AI (artificial intelligence) algorithm identified around 75 million English phrased hate tweets in a data set of more than 4 billion posted between 2014 and 2020.”
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