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In reply to the discussion: Co-Founder of The Weather Channel: Global Warming Is a Complete Hoax [View all]BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Skepticism is, of course, the core value of scientific inquiry. But the essay that Coleman published would have more properly been termed rejectionism. Coleman wasn't arguing against the integrity of a particular conclusion based on careful original research something that would have constituted useful scientific skepticism. Instead, he went after the motives of the scientists themselves. Climate researchers, he wrote, "look askance at the rest of us, certain of their superiority. They respect government and disrespect business, particularly big business. They are environmentalists above all else.".
That last piece there is the clincher for me. The big reveal--we reich wingers hate government (unless we own it. In a partnership with Big Business, which we worship.)