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That is the kind of talk that could get policymakers who heed her research hauled before the justice system, if some of those in the climate change movement have their way.
“Climate change denial should be a crime,” declared the Sept. 1 headline in the Outline. Mark Hertsgaard argued in a Sept. 7 article in the Nation, titled “Climate Denialism Is Literally Killing Us,” that “murder is murder” and “we should punish it as such.”
The suggestion that those who run afoul of the climate change consensus, in particular government officials, should face charges comes with temperatures flaring over the link between hurricanes and greenhouse gas emissions.
“In the wake of Harvey, it’s time to treat science denial as gross negligence — and hold those who do the denying accountable,” said the subhead in the Outline article, written by Brian Merchant.
As the Washington Times notes, Curry's comments only served to further enrage Al Gore's climate change crusaders who promptly ramped up their calls to imprison anyone with the audacity to present any data and/or question, in any way, climate models which should be accepted as proven fact...even though they're subjective and highly sensitive any number of input variable
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Black_Fox
They actually don't care much about "deniers" like you. It's the big boys they're after.
originally posted by: intrepid
I found the source to be difficult to fathom. Is this just one dude's wet dream?
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: LesMisanthrope
On the other hand knowingly being deceptive is another matter.
insideclimatenews.org...
The New York and Massachusetts investigations focus on whether past statements by Exxon questioning climate change science and downplaying its risks to the company constituted a form of fraud against its shareholders or the public.
originally posted by: Phage
a reply to: Black_Fox
Who said anything about locking someone up for their beliefs?
Have you read the source articles? Or are you just going by what the article in the OP says about them?
Zerohedge is not exactly an unbiased source.