Interesting piece on responding to climate crisis deniers

[YankeyMCC]

Specifically this was prompted by an appearance by Dennis Miller (what a fraking crime it is we have to waste our time dealing with ignorant comedians and fiction authers on this issue)

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A co-worker came to me last week and said that he saw Dennis Miller on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. The subject of global warming came up, and Miller pulled out a 1975 Newsweek article on global warming called “The Cooling World (pdf)”.
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So, that’s what passes for science education in this country; comedians citing 30-year-old news publications on late-night talk shows.
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First, I would like to hear something to the effect that, “Time and Newsweek are peer-reviewed scientific journals, then. I mean, the authors of these things had to pass peer review among the scientific community to get these articles accepted, right?”

Then, I would like to hear something like:

That is very interesting. As it turns out, I have brought a few publications of myself along. You’ve all heard scientists telling us that everything in the solar system orbits the sun, right? Well, look here! Our research staff has dug into the archives and found that scientists once believed the Earth was the center of the solar system. They did not believe in the sun-centered solar system at all. So, what is this sun-centered theory? It’s just another fad. Next year, they might make Jupiter the center of the solar system.
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http://atheistethicist.blogspot.com/2006/12/dennis-miller-global-warming-and.html

[n2doc]

1. well said

His comments on criticism and censorship are particularly topical.

[YankeyMCC]

2. Indeed

That is applicable to much of what is posing as political discourse today not just climate change.