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A young woman's inquiry about what she could do about global climate change elicited a flip response about, yes, what she could do. It is only Broadsheet's tribal logic that characterizes this exchange as blaming the woman, and by extension all women, for planetary destruction. If a young man had asked, he'd be advised not to purchase the Ferrari. This was a suggestion to an individual according to her stereotype, not a comprehensive ranking of causes and responses.
Far from blaming her for climate change, King politely and improperly gave this woman a free pass, as an influencer of men rather than a prime actor.
