Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is speaking to a huge crowd at SXSW Saturday night — how she got from D.C. to Austin without burning fossil fuels is a mystery — and she’s holding forth on a lot of topics we’ll save for tomorrow (e.g., her opinion that America is “garbage”).
We only bring her up now because she was brave enough to tackle the question of whether it’s OK to still have children; “It’s a moral issue,” she said, noting that watered-down proposals to stop climate change are going to kill us.
That brings us to BirthStrike, the clever name of a U.K.-based group who are too afraid to have children because of their fear of climate change. Blythe Pepino and Alice Brown spoke to the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire about how their fears have grown.
'We're too scared to have kids, because of climate change'
Blythe and Alice are members of BirthStrike, a group of people so fearful that the natural world is 'collapsing', they don't want childrenhttps://t.co/uRBdkFlcz0 #VictoriaLIVE pic.twitter.com/89aciY73gi
— Victoria Derbyshire (@VictoriaLIVE) March 4, 2019
We appreciate that Brown was compassionate enough to realize she’d only pass down her fears about climate change to her children, so it’s best not to have any.
*David Attenborough narrates:
“And once again, Natural Selection finds a way to prevent the weak and stupid from contributing their degraded genetics to the gene pool. They will sire no progeny, and their line shall die out.”— Dan Numbers (@dannumbers) March 6, 2019
These people are nuts. Really out of their minds. But maybe they are making a good decision in not passing on their fanatic visions to any progeny.
— Sherry Kerdman (@sherry_kerdman) March 5, 2019
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If you're scared of something that has been going on for millions and millions and millions and millions and millions of years, you definitely shouldn't have children.
— Vicki Fry ? (@VickiFry) March 6, 2019
I’m glad there will be no children for this insane couple.
— onesoldiersmom ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (@onesoldiersmom) March 5, 2019
Just as well they don't have kids. Darwin in action
— Harry Monk MBE (@Sideways_On) March 5, 2019
It’s probably better they don’t have kids…do we really need them procreating these beliefs??? How about…maybe my kid would be the one to make change????
— Matt Roberts (@MattRoberts2825) March 5, 2019
Birthstrike……
Okay you crazy lunatics don’t have kids and us conservatives will
— Brenna Spencer (@BrennaSpencer) March 4, 2019
Awesome. These are exactly the people that should not be having kids. Great decisions.
— I Seen It Dawg (@ISeenItDawg) March 5, 2019
I'd like to thank them for not procreating.
— Stephen Gaskins, Jr. (@stevegaskinsjr) March 4, 2019
We need more of them on Birthstrike.
— Edgar (@emendoza2427) March 4, 2019
100% on board with this
— Herk Driver, Doctor of Experiential Life Arts (@G130J) March 5, 2019
Quite right, quite right… We'll be gasping for atmospheric oxygen, fighting off polar bears & giant insects… not a place to raise babies…
— Dr Subroto Roy (@subyroy) March 5, 2019
That’s a good thing, they clearly don’t have the strength for Parenthood. It’s hard, bloody hard. It’s all worth it, a bit like saving the planet. ?
— Lindsay Steele (@lindsaylsteele) March 5, 2019
Part of me wishes someone could talk some sense into them, and the other part thinks we probably don’t need these genes passing on anyways
— Joel Hines (@joelhines24) March 6, 2019
I agree, they should never reproduce. Ever.
— Roland Stormcry (@RolandStormcry) March 4, 2019
This is cowardice on their part and it's quite pitiful.
They're fearing the wrong things. When they grow to advanced age, they will regret this moment.
— The Stupendous Yappi ????????? (@NASCARNAC) March 5, 2019
Tears, wine & cats at 40! Tick tock goes the biological clock!
— Daz Bear (@Alpha13snake) March 5, 2019
You will be sorry, in 20 years, but it will be too late for you, then….
— lieve robeys (@LieveRobeys) March 5, 2019
Whoa … how can we be sure there’ll still be a world in 20 years? We’ve been told 12.
Thank you for being honest that you shouldn’t reproduce because of “climate change”. That’s a relief. Will you stop using computers and smart phones that are made of precious metals and petroleum products, too?
— Yoak (@Yoakdaddy) March 6, 2019
I support them 100% ?
— 2Pax Sugar (@2paxSugar) March 5, 2019
That makes many people very happy…let’s hope your friends choose the same path. #humanity
— Fred O. Frog (@kangas18) March 5, 2019
#Darwinism If these women are frightened to have children due to climate change then it best that they don’t, they would produce even more feeble creatures than themselves
— Countess of Vauxhall (@LadyVauxhall) March 5, 2019
Where can we donate for their cause?
— kansas farmer (@swksfarmer) March 5, 2019
Environmentalism has become a doomsday cult: "A psychological study by Festinger, Riecken, and Schachter found that people turned to a cataclysmic world view after they had repeatedly failed to find meaning in mainstream movements….
— Arthur_S (@allanholloway) March 4, 2019
"…Leon Festinger and his colleagues had observed members of the group for several months, and recorded their conversations both prior to and after a failed prophecy from their charismatic leader…
— Arthur_S (@allanholloway) March 4, 2019
"…The group had organized around a belief system which foretold that a majority of the Western Hemisphere would be destroyed by a cataclysmic flood on December 21, 1955": https://t.co/miAsxUKWwq
— Arthur_S (@allanholloway) March 4, 2019
Am just here for the ratio
— Ben ?? (@horne1995) March 5, 2019
Steady on girls, you nearly overreacted there
— Jeff Chittleburgh (@jeffchittlebur1) March 5, 2019
"My decision is based on not wanting to pass that fear onto someone else"
However, I will pass the fear along to millions via mass media.— Question everything (@Chuck_Gafvert) March 6, 2019
Old, alone, surrounded by cremated pet remains… have fun gals!
— patsysvodka ? (@patsysvodka) March 4, 2019
This is their 5 minutes of fame.
— Sue Chadwick (@suechadwick999) March 5, 2019
To be fair, Birthstrike founder Blythe Pepino was in a band called The Vaults, and launched a rather odd dating website for people who preferred “polyamorous relationships”, so she’s enjoyed more than 5 minutes of fame https://t.co/x79bGPw0v0
— ??? ???? (@joerichlaw) March 5, 2019
What has the left done to people with this climate crap. I’m really seeing mental illness. I’m sure they had issues before. But I’m sad for people who are so sick that they can’t enjoy life.
— judy (@Flyingm23jmJudy) March 6, 2019
…. but if they don't have children, they reduced the amount of people with like-minded views from the next generation?! ?
— Jamie Reid (@ReidoJam) March 5, 2019
And?
Related:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on climate change: 'Is it OK to still have children?', 'It's a basic moral question' https://t.co/WrgKPGkjCa
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) February 25, 2019
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