Responding to a Teaching Moment: How to Handle It

My response - “Some species didn’t survive. Some hunted others to extinction. Luckily we humans can use a little foresight and population data as we determine how much of what we are hunting. Conservation minded hunters don’t hunt “trophies” we utilize a resource and sometimes keep what would be considered a trophy as a token of remembrance of the hunt. Most hunters are conservation minded. Most hunters eat what they kill. Many hunt specifically to feed themselves/their families. This is all done within the legal frameworks set forth by governments using science backed ecological impact data. As far as the point about carbon emissions, not all of us disagree with that legislation.”

I would say that those species survived because they didn’t have to share their habitat with 8 billion humans and their massive crop fields🤔

I would save my breath. No matter how well written or fact based your response is you will never make people like that understand. These people base their opinions off of feelings not facts or science.

You don’t. Logic doesn’t work with those people.

Don’t bother with a response. Your never gonna get them to even acknowledge a different viewpoint. Instead just keep posting the great content and make their heads spin further. Maybe they will spin enough that they fly away. Haha

@Joseph we always respond. Because we aren’t trying to change her mind but rather the hundreds if not thousands that will read my response. With that several seeds are always planted. So to us and what we do it’s worth it 👌🏼

@Blood you have a point. I didn’t think about the far reaching effects.

@Blood you continue to tell these folks the truth.

@Wayne spot on.

“It takes a lot of intestinal fortitude to erect, then climb atop, a soapbox and announce to the entire world you’re an idiot. Go YOU!”

“It takes a lot of intestinal fortitude to visit a community where you’re a stranger, erect, then climb upon, a soapbox and announce to everyone you’re an idiot. Go YOU!”

“It takes a lot of intestinal fortitude to erect a soapbox, climb upon it, and announce to the entire world you’re an idiot. Go YOU!” But then again, that might be too weak. 🤪😂