Posted on 05/24/2023 2:58:03 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Scientists suffering insults and mass-spam are abandoning Twitter for alternative social networks as hostile climate-change denialism surges on the platform following Elon Musk's takeover.
Researchers have documented an explosion of hate and misinformation on Twitter since the Tesla billionaire took over in October 2022 -- and now experts say communicating about climate science on the social network on which many of them rely is getting harder.
Policies aimed at curbing the deadly effects of climate change are accelerating, prompting a rise in what experts identify as organised resistance by opponents of climate reform.
Peter Gleick, a climate and water specialist with nearly 99,000 followers, announced on May 21 he would no longer post on the platform because it was amplifying racism and sexism.
While he is accustomed to "offensive, personal, ad hominem attacks, up to and including direct physical threats", he told AFP, "in the past few months, since the takeover and changes at Twitter, the amount, vituperativeness, and intensity of abuse has skyrocketed".
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Sounds like the environmentalist wacko scam artists are afraid Musk will be coming after them and their line of BS next.
How is this news? Go and do as one pleases. Sorry that bullying isn’t working as well as hoped.
I'm sure the policies are accelerating, like gastrointestinal processes after spicy Mexican. But the climate always goes through phases and life has to adapt. It's a lot deadlier during the cold phases. We are lucky to live in an interglacial period.
“Researchers have documented an explosion of hate”
By that they mean alternative points of view.
On February 20, 2012, Gleick announced he was responsible for the unauthorized distribution of documents from The Heartland Institute in mid-February. Gleick reported he had received “an anonymous document in the mail describing what appeared to be details of the Heartland Institute’s climate program strategy”, and in trying to verify the authenticity of the document, had “solicited and received additional materials directly from the Heartland Institute under someone else’s name”. Responding to the leak, The Heartland Institute said one of the documents released, a two-page ‘Strategy Memo’, had been forged. Gleick denied forging the document. Gleick described his actions as “a serious lapse of my own and professional judgment and ethics” and said that he “deeply regret[ted his] own actions in this case” and “offer[ed his] personal apologies to all those affected”. He stated that “My judgment was blinded by my frustration with the ongoing efforts – often anonymous, well-funded, and coordinated – to attack climate science and scientists and prevent this debate, and by the lack of transparency of the organizations involved.” On February 24 he wrote to the board of the Pacific Institute requesting a “temporary short-term leave of absence” from the Institute. The Board of Directors stated it was “deeply concerned regarding recent events” involving Gleick and the Heartland documents, and appointed a new Acting Executive Director on February 27. Gleick was reinstated following an investigation, in which the institute found no evidence to support charges of forgery and “supported what Dr. Gleick has stated publicly regarding his interaction with the Heartland Institute.
Anything for the cause, with the fanatics.
Our experts can beat your experts. So, there!
Poor little climate scientist. Exposed to such vituperativeness that hurts his tender feelings. He cannot spew the global warming hoax any longer without pushback. So he puts his fingers in ears and screams "WAAAAAA."
Good riddance, I say.
Scientist should stick to “real” science and not what the money wants them to say or what they’ve been brainwashed to say.
glad I’m not the only one familiar with Gleick.
what a joker.
Climate scientists rank right up there with Covid scientists garbage in garbage out!! Looks like they can’t take the blowback that we have tolerated for years!!
Indeed, yet another political attack on Musk by the Warmists.
Translation: people who point out weaknesses in their arguments are no longer being cancelled and the “climate scientists” can’t defend their positions.
The climate scientists can’t take criticism. They only want the Amen chorus.
“Hostility” = someone questioning their sources and methods.
What great news to wake up and have a morning coffee to. LUV IT
Gaia Worshipers whining that doubters of their religion are no longer censored and silenced.
Gaia worshipers. That’s exactly what they are and they have no problem making it a government-forced religion.
Hostility = Disagreement
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