"Torrent" Of Hate Mail, Death Threats For Climate Scientists; Dead Animal Dumped On Mann's Doorstep

[hatrack]

Climate scientists in the US say police inaction has left them defenceless in the face of a torrent of death threats and hate mail, leaving them fearing for their lives and one to contemplate arming himself with a handgun. The scientists say the threats have increased since the furore over leaked emails from the University of East Anglia began last November, and a sample of the hate mail sent in recent months and seen by the Guardian reveals the scale and vitriolic tone of the abuse.

The scientists revealed they have been told to "go gargle razor blades" and have been described as "Nazi climate murderers". Some emails have been sent to them without any attempt by the sender to disguise their identity. Even though the scientists have received advice from the FBI, the local police say they are not able to act due to the near-total tolerance of "freedom of speech" in the US.

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Dr Kevin Trenberth, head of the climate analysis section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, said he has also been receiving similar emails since last November when a private email of his was released into the public domain in which he had said: "The fact is that we can't account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty that we can't." Trenberth has gone on to repeatedly defend his email and explain its context, but says he has now sent a file of abusive emails totalling "19 pages of text at about 10pt font" to his university's security officials. He said the response of the US police had been "pathetic", but also blamed it on freedom-of-speech legislation.

Professor Michael Mann, director of the Earth System Science Center at Pennsylvania State University and leading proponent of the "Hockey Stick graph", said his experiences of hate mail were "eerily similar" to those described by Schneider. "I'm not comfortable talking about the details, especially as some of these matters remain under police investigation," he said. "What I can say is that the emails come in bursts, and do seem to be timed with high-profile attack pieces on talk radio and other fringe media outlets." Last month, Mann told ABC News in the US that the following message was typical of the emails he has been receiving: "Six feet under with the roots is where you should be. I was hoping I would see the news that you'd committed suicide. Do it, freak." Another climate scientist, who wished to remain anonymous, said he had had a dead animal dumped on his doorstep and now travels with bodyguards.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/jul/05/hate-mail-climategate

[villager]

1. What!? Police in the U.S. not going out of their way to protect people who challenge corporate ...

...interests!?

n/t

[LargeGreenSpider]

2. How did we become such a nation?

Empy-headed idiots, parroting witless media clowns, threatening scientists over products of their research. This is beyond bizarro world.

[ashling]

3. The are just acadumbics using their academic freedom

they are dropouts from Glen Beck University or whatever the name of that university is, I forget ....

:sarcasm:
:rofl:

[tom_paine]

7. It's a long story going back at least 40 years, and maybe as many as 80 years.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/document/document_20070723.shtml

Take 20 minutes to listen to this BBC Radio Special and see what and who was at the genesis of it.

Understand, we are living in a very scary state surrounded by people who are mentally far closer to 1933 Germans than 1933 Americans. People so untethered to reality and so immersed in the Media Hologram (thanks, Joe Bageant, for that accurate and descriptive term) that there is literally no atrocity that couldn't be sold to them, so long as the marketing is right.

It is only going to get worse. As someone once said, "The avalanche has begun. It's too late for the pebbles to vote."

But listen and begin to understand. Because understanding will give you a significant edge in being prepared for the future compared to those with their heads up Corporate M$M/RW Lie Machine's ass.

If we can't stop the first major power's RW Authoritarian conversion since Nazi Germany, at least we can see it and act on the knowledge long before everyone else catches on.

[jpak]

4. cowardly teabaggers

yup!

[Theobald]

5. Minor correction

but Mann did not have a dead animal dumped on his doorstep, it was another scientist.

[hatrack]

9. Thank you! Too late to edit, unfortunately . . .

:hi:

[louis-t]

6. Hmmm, Philly is extremely hot today, isn't it?

But there's no global warming.:eyes:

[n2doc]

8. This quote stood out

"Even though the scientists have received advice from the FBI, the local police say they are not able to act due to the near-total tolerance of "freedom of speech" in the US."

Only if left wing, or perceived "left wing" targets are involved. Threaten a RW'er and the police are at your door. And don't get me started on what we do to protesters.