Open question to WUWT readers: Will one member of the mainstream media — that was so quick to give page-space to Bill McKibben’s ludicrous assertions about Irene — even bring up these comments by Gore? Will Revkin or Bryan Walsh or ThinkProgress disassociate themselves and their orgs or simply assent through their silence?
Update: end of 08/29 Zero mainstream media outlets (except Fox News) covered Al Gore’s “racist” connections. The silence was not unexpected. Andrew Revkin was more interested (again) in interjecting his opinions on “acceptable” candidates for the GOP primary, a constituency that does not “fit” his worldview. Must be fun to coordinate your messaging with Paul Krugman.
By Caroline May in the Daily Caller
One day climate change skeptics will be seen in the same negative light as racists, at least so says former Vice President Al Gore.
In an interview with former advertising executive and Climate Reality Project collaborator Alex Bogusky broadcasted on UStream on Friday, Gore explained that in order for climate change alarmists to succeed, they must “win the conversation” against those who deny there is a crisis.
(RELATED: Bill McKibben: Global warming to blame for Hurricane Irene)
“I remember, again going back to my early years in the South, when the Civil Rights revolution was unfolding, there were two things that really made an impression on me,” Gore said. “My generation watched Bull Connor turning the hose on civil rights demonstrators and we went, ‘Whoa! How gross and evil is that?’ My generation asked old people, ‘Explain to me again why it is okay to discriminate against people because their skin color is different?’ And when they couldn’t really answer that question with integrity, the change really started.”
The former vice president recalled how society succeeded in marginalizing racists and said climate change skeptics must be defeated in the same manner.
“Secondly, back to this phrase ‘win the conversation,’” he continued. “There came a time when friends or people you work with or people you were in clubs with — you’re much younger than me so you didn’t have to go through this personally — but there came a time when racist comments would come up in the course of the conversation and in years past they were just natural. Then there came a time when people would say, ‘Hey, man why do you talk that way, I mean that is wrong. I don’t go for that so don’t talk that way around me. I just don’t believe that.’ That happened in millions of conversations and slowly the conversation was won.”
“We have to win the conversation on climate,” Gore added.
When Bogusky questioned the analogy, asking if the scientific reasoning behind climate change skeptics might throw a wrench into the good and evil comparison with racism, Gore did not back down.
“I think it’s the same where the moral component is concerned and where the facts are concerned I think it is important to get that out there, absolutely,” Gore said.
Gore also took shots at Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who has lambasted climate change alarmists on the presidential campaign trail, and other politicians who dare to question the veracity of global warming science.
“This is an organized effort to attack the reputation of the scientific community as a whole, to attack their integrity, and to slander them with the lie that they are making up the science in order to make money,” Gore said.
Ironically, back during Perry’s days as a Democrat, the Texas governor supported Gore in his 1988 presidential bid. Perry became a Republican in 1989.
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I’m lumped in with holocaust deniers. I’m lumped in with racists.
How long before I’m lumped in with pedophiles and terrorists?
Alex Bogusky, wow, that’s an unfortunate name.
Not very . . . but then we win.
In case you had doubts about Gore’s sanity, I hope this interview settles them.
If Gore continues on this path, he will become a huge negative for the Left. Of course, there is always the possibility that the Left will be too stupid to see that.
As for the comparison between criticism of “mainstream climate science” and racism, notice that Gore says nothing about why we should believe that the comparison is apt; rather, all he talks about is how the critics should be “shut up” the way racists were. I guess this is a kind of call to action. As such, it is sick.
Gore’s father voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Southern Bloc of Democrats filibustered it for 54 days.
President Obama had a supermajority in House of Representatives and 60 vote filibuster-proof majority in Senate in 2009-2010. He chose not to pass/push Cap and Trade or any climate/energy bill. Thus, by Gore’s logic who is what again?
Janet Napolitano already suspects us of being terrorists. However, pedophiles are slowly being mainstreamed. They are the next group who will be understood to have “legitimate” interests.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/aug/21/hagelin-next-push-acceptance-of-polygamy-pedophili/
The former vice president fails to mention the “up close and personal” opportunity he had to observe the segregationist activities of his late father. Curious.
If I’m like a racist, then he’s like a Nazi. (Yes, I am aware of Godwin’s law, but in this case it’s true). They go with the Big Lie, continually push propaganda and suppress dissension to further their own cause for their own personal gain.
Hey DJ! It seems not too long now…
But seriously, the man has lost it. Completely.
“‘Explain to me again why it is okay to discriminate against people because their skin color is different?’”
Explain to me again why it is okay to discriminate against people because they believe the climate has been changing naturally all along?
I can’t believe that Gore would stoop so low as to outright plagiarize Greg Gutfeld’s “If you disagree with me you are a racist-homophobe” tag-line. Sheesh!
Why does this fat tub of lard have any credibility whatsoever? I think he actually believes this nonsense.
Win the conversation? He is willing to have a conversation? Perhaps only long enough for him to say shut up. — John M Reynolds
DJ says:
August 28, 2011 at 11:10 am
I’m lumped in with holocaust deniers. I’m lumped in with racists.
How long before I’m lumped in with pedophiles and terrorists?
That depends DJ. If you’re Catholic like me, that already happens also.
@ur momisugly Jeff Alberts:
I am glad someone else caught that. Sincerely, David Hilariowsky.
@ur momisugly the content of the post:
Wtf? Has Gore ever tried to talk to his minions? Telling them to ‘win the conversation’, he might as well tell them to punch someone in the face. They are close to that line already. Well, when in groups anyway. The mob mentality really takes over.
I think the analogy is telling us something about Al Gore and where he deems what as important. Obviously, he has a skewed sense of priorities. He seems to be equating the contributions to society by Rosa Parks and MLK with the contributions of James Hansen and Mike Mann. I’m incredulous that people would be allowed to draw such comparisons on a national stage.
Even if our skepticism is misplaced, equating the ill effects of a molecule with racism diminishes the implications of racism. He is a sad and sick man.
Al Gore must be getting desperate as his house of cards is falling apart.
Why is it that from Gore’s words and the red faced photo above, all I can see is the addition – on Gore – of a pointy white cap and white robe to go with the angry red puffed up face and the nasty rhetoric. He puts himself in the garb of the KKK, Klimate Klimate Klimate, with his increasingly extreme and offensive attacks that are devoid of science.
Thanks Anthony, I anticipate nightmares involving hanging chads tonight. 🙂
You know, at some point such talk is going to cause more people to stop listening to what Gore has to say. As these people get more desperate their rhetoric gets crazier and people just stop listening to what they have to say.
I am certainly finding it tiresome. The message is “we may not have the science to back up what we are saying but if you don’t go against us, you must be some racist, tea bagger Republican!” So the idea is to cast people who don’t go along with them as some sort of bad person.
It gets tiresome.
Al junior’s father was the perfect example of a “racist”. Al junior’s attempt at analogy shows Al junior to be a very poor student.
Cheers,
Big Dave
Algore’s dad takes the family to the amusement park: click
Which one is Al Gore’s dad? Is Al there?
they must “win the conversation”…..
From the science is settled to win the conversation…..
….in less than one year
This party is over, no one is buying it any more
Pinch yourself, gently.
Remember – This is idiot Al talking here. The same idiot Al who invented the Internet, the Floresent Light Bulb, Windmills, Solar Cells, The International Space Station, the UN, Ice Cream, Pizza, Tootsie-Rolls, and Peanuts (the Plant AND the Comic Strip).
The way Al’s mind works, anyone with two or more body parts is capable of being “glumped” (plural of “lumped”) with any group he wishes on his paraniod lists of friends or enemies.
EXAMPLE: Does Person ‘A’ have a nose and two hands? Does Person ‘B” have what could be called a chin and two eyes? If so, Person ‘A’ is OK and Person ‘B’ is a Right Wing Non-Conformist who ought to be taken out and shot at dawn.
Why? Well it’s really impossible to know. Al makes thing up as he goes along and no two days are ever really the same. His attitude seems to vary with his take at the gate and baseball hat sales on his website. (It really is more about the money than he’d like to admit; his electric bills are enormous; and first-class air tickets on his private jets ain’t peanuts.)
PS: You don’t ever want to be on Al’s “A” List, it’s very short and exclusive. If Al “like’s” you, you’re toast. Especially if he get’s kinky.
(Oh yes, SarcOff;-)
So, I’m looking at the background on the stage where the interview took place. This is hilarious, it spells “FEARLESS”. As Gore babbles about living in fear of a molecule.
Here is a quote that isn’t just apt for this “fearless” interview, but also the events of last night.
We cannot banish dangers, but we can banish fears. We must not demean life by standing in awe of death. ~David Sarnoff