Yesterday I visited a school assembly w/ teens in Queens.

One of them asked, “What can WE do to combat climate change?”

2 recs:
- Skip disposable razors+switch to safety razors
- Give your tummy a break! Skip meat/dairy for a meal (easiest is bfast, I do banana & peanut butter)

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez telling children not to eat meat and dairy? These are two of the most important sources of vitamins and nutrition for kids. But I guess that doesn't matter when it's super cool and trendy to be vegan. I'd have had my child walk out.

Derek Schwartz Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez She literally said skip meat and dairy for ‘a meal’. If you think you need to eat meat and dairy at every meal, either as a child or adult, then God help your body.

Christina Sweeney-Baird Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Let's have a look at your body compared to mine.

Christina Sweeney-Baird you're not even American. Mind your business, you have got problems of your own to deal with in London that go well beyond what American kids are eating.

Derek Schwartz Christina Sweeney-Baird That's your response to her argument? Logical Fallacy -> Red Herring. If you want to end a discussion just say that you disagree and be done with it instead of belittling her argument because her bio says she lives in another country. How does that make her position less valid?

Derek Schwartz Christina Sweeney-Baird Also this may be an ad hominem instead of a red herring, tough to say. Definitely trying to switch the topic of conversation but also doing it by attacking her. What do people think?

Navyblue_chef Derek Schwartz Christina Sweeney-Baird Same here!