The dangers of challenging the climate change consensus

American Thinker ^ | 2 Feb, 2022 | Anthony J. Sadar

[MtnClimber]

From the left's view, the way to defeat those who have a different perspective is to call them names and blacklist them.

One of the easiest things to do is to go along to get along. This is true in so many areas of life, including knowledge of science topics. If you don't have an in-depth knowledge of a particular area of science, the "easiest thing" kicks in rather effortlessly.

Alternatively, if you have a depth of knowledge on a particular science topic, things can get a whole lot harder, especially if you challenge the prevailing view on that topic.

We find ourselves in this situation today not only with disputes regarding the COVID-19 origin and strategies to counteract the virus, but with the pre-pandemic hot topic of climate change.

Presently, the ramp-up of the climate crisis is waiting in the wings for the exit of the malicious microbe. As the spotlight turns from virus hysteria, the beam will shine back on climate angst and its attendant tactics like childish name-calling.

Negative nomenclature like "climate denier" will continue against challengers to the consensus crisis status of climate change. Regardless, just because someone challenges the status quo doesn't mean they deny reality such as climate change. This is a straw-man argument.

In my 40-year professional career, which included attending numerous American Meteorological Society and Air & Waste Management Association meetings, I have never met an atmospheric scientist who has serious reservations about the consensus view of climate change and is also a climate denier or climate change denier. "Denier" is juvenile, insulting pejorative jargon typically disgorged by those on the political/ideological left. And worse, "denier" is reminiscent of "Holocaust denier." The term continues to be used to disparage those who question the supposedly unassailable certainty of catastrophic anthropogenic global warming.

[MtnClimber]

Climate change believers get rather belligerant if you ask serious questions. I view it as a sport.

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

Yes sir. I so want them to come and get some. What happened to the phrase Global Warming? Hmm???

[asinclair]

One think I would like to see from the alarmists is proof that their models reflect the real world. Show how the model predicts a past event from available data, and show how it matches up with what really happened.

I'm also interested in seeing how volcanic activity is handled in the model.

[Harpotoo]

I like that the northern elite have been living under snow these past few weeks and their HEATING bills are going through the roof:-)