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Climate change deniers make it their business to attack global warming realists in every cobwebbed corner of the Internet. Anyone who has ever written in support of scientific evidence knows this first-hand.
But when do aggressive emails and comments cross this line? This has been an issue in so many areas of our modern life. Sure, the occasional controversial academic could get used to attacks, but in the climate change arena, the discourse is getting seriously out of hand.
When a steady stream of vitriolic hate is directed at a whole pack of prominent scientists whenever they dare venture beyond obscure journals, I think this line is surely crossed. Some of it is almost certainly from individual crazies. Others suggest these attacks are orchestrated, and blogger Tim Lambert notes that one high-profile spokesperson for the climate denial machine regularly publishes the email addresses of “target” scientists. Regardless of the source, I fear it is only a matter of time before abusive words translate to abusive actions.
My hometown station, FOX Chicago, recently dared to question what is perhaps America’s most sacrosanct institution: the public library. Are libraries a waste of taxpayer money?, the station asked, managing to irritate people on both sides of the aisle.
You know they’re on a no-holds-barred offensive on big government when they go for your local library. When the internet is everywhere and paperbacks are cheap, who needs a library anymore?
FYI, FOX Chicago. Not everyone has home access to the internet. I know, it’s a surprise, given the hoards of people navigating downtown Chicago in Brooks Brothers suits with only their iPhones as company, but much of the city and the nation still doesn’t have internet access.
Among Chicagoans, 40 percent of people don’t have regular access to the internet. Of those, 25 percent have no access at all. In a time where people’s wallets are getting thinner, the internet can be one of the first things to go.
Take a look at this riveting investigative journalism:
Climate change deniers make it their business to attack global warming realists in every cobwebbed corner of the Internet. Anyone who has ever written in support of scientific evidence knows this first-hand.
