HATE WEEK on the Climate Certainty Channel™

Apparently, being uncertain about climate certainty is a crime worth jail time

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What a week this has been. In preparation for the release of the IPCC Working Group II report, hate speech against climate skeptics seems to have ramped up and turned into a week-long unreality show. The proprietors and cheerleaders of the Climate Certainty Channel™ seem to be ever more sure of impending doom caused by (take your pick) global warming – climate change – climate disruption. Here is a summary of the feature programs this past week.

First, priming the pump, just about two weeks ago, we started out with this: Despicable climate ugliness courtesy of Lawrence Torcello – assistant professor of philosophy at Rochester Institute of Technology where he rationalized for climate “deniers” to be jailed.

Monckton followed up with a letter: Monckton’s letter to the Rochester Institute of Technology regarding Assistant Professor Lawrence Torcello

Of course, according to the David Suzuki funded Hoggan PR firm “DeSmog Blog” we are all just a bunch of angry lunatic fringe types for suggesting we take an exception to being jailed…that, and they say we completely misread the intent of Torcello’s essay, which is somehow philosophical: Exclusive: Climate Change Philosopher A Target Of Abusive Hate Campaign:

Under the headline “US Philosophy Professor: Jail ‘Denialist’ Climate Scientists For Criminal Negligence“ Delingpole wrote Torcello had argued “scientists who don’t believe in catastrophic man-made global warming should be put in prison”.

“This was a blatant misrepresentation of my article,” says Torcello

Then on March 19th, it was Anders and his wottsupwiththat spawn blog now changed to andthentheresphysics blog (which is a change in name only), he still allows hate speech: Quote of the Week – get your war crimes trial tickets now!

Apparently, I’m to be “frog marched” to The Hague for war crimes like trials all for having the temerity to have an opinion about not wanting to be jailed for having a skeptical opinion about climate.

Meanwhile, back at Bar-X Hate Ranch, another fan of the Climate Certainty Channel™ embraces Torcello’s essay, and decides to turn the volume up to 11:

gawker_arrest_deniers

In “Arrest Climate Change Deniers,” Gawker writer Adam Weinstein has such gems as:

This is an argument that’s just being discussed seriously in some circles. It was laid out earlier this month, with all the appropriate caveats, by Lawrence Torcello, a philosophy professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

“…with all the appropriate caveats,” Well, that makes it OK then! /sarc He adds:

We have laws on the books to punish anyone whose lies contribute to people’s deaths. It’s time to punish the climate-change liars. . .

Those denialists should face jail. They should face fines. They should face lawsuits from the classes of people whose lives and livelihoods are most threatened by denialist tactics. . .  Those people are criminally negligent.

So far, not a peep from the standard bearers of climate morals at DeSmog or “andthentheresphyics” about Weinstein taking Torcello’s idea and running with it.

Some reactions to Adam Weinstein’s call for jail time:

Climatistas Double Down on Stupid (Powerline)

Another Fool Calls For My Arrest: Or, Adam Weinstein Slips A Nut (William Briggs)

But wait, it gets better, the clergy steps in and provides their sanction, but just not the one we expect:

Rowan Williams warns of climate catastrophe

The former Archbishop of Canterbury argues that Western lifestyles bear the responsibility for causing climate change in world’s poorest regions

While the “chaos [of the flood] came as a shock to many”, other countries in the developing world such as Bangladesh and Kenya among others had suffered far worse catastrophes caused by climate change over many years.

Dr Williams goes on to attack global warming sceptics and climate change deniers. “There are of course some who doubt the role of human agency in creating and responding to climate change, and who argue that we should direct our efforts solely to adapting to changes that are inevitable, rather than modifying our behaviour,” says Dr Williams.

A clergyman OK with the Telegraph using the hateful term “deniers”? oof!

In other hate-related news, the left went ballistic on Nate Silver for allowing Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. to write. Fabius Maximus has a summary

The Left stages a two minute hate on Nate Silver, Roger Pielke Jr (& me)

Summary: This week many on the Left served a banquet of snark on Nate Silver and his new 538 website for the sin of posting an article by Roger Pielke Jr (Prof Environmental Studies, U CO-Boulder). An article well-supported in the climate studies literature, and consistent with the work of the IPCC (they conceal these things from their followers; least they ruin the narrative). These posts demonstrate the ineffectual tactics that have drained away the Left’s support during the past 3 decades, and after 25 years of work produced no gains in their highest-profile public policy initiative. See other posts in this series, listed below.

It seems the left was arguing more about the fact that Pielke was allowed a place to speak, than what he planned to write about climate at http://fivethirtyeight.com/ It reminded me of the uproar over my interview on PBS News Hour, where they went ballistic because I had somehow violated their perceived inner sanctum, not so much because of what I said.

Predictably, editor Nate Silver caved to pressure, and he’s now back in the good graces of the proprietors of the Climate Certainty Channel™.

And, the Anti-Defamation League is still silent:

The silence of the Anti Defamation League suggests they endorse defamation of climate skeptics

So while we wait for the next IPCC report to come out, let’s consider climate certainty and uncertainty. This graph sums it up nicely.

certaintychannel_IPCC_reality

The boxes represent the statements of certainty from IPCC reports over time. As reality (measurements) diverge from models, becoming more uncertain,  the certainty of the IPCC gets stronger, and the hateful rhetoric ramps up to match the mean.

 

 

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highflight56433
March 30, 2014 1:21 pm

jauntycyclist says: March 30, 2014 at 1:12 pm “Anything with co2 they see as ego centric ecology and thus bad…”
It is in reality an avenue they have commandeered for which to gather all their hatefulness at something and to someone. A clever tool used to divide and conquer.

John A
March 30, 2014 1:25 pm

Anthony
It’s always a mistake to mention any reference to Nazi Germany, because there are not a few fruitloops on here who appear to spend their waking hours linking everything they don’t like to the Nazis.
It’s bad enough that people like you are defamed for whether they believe that climate change is a scientific truth that may not be questioned, let alone tested, on pain of losing their immortal soul.
The most painful part for me is that the closer one is to actual examination of the real Nazi Holocaust, the more tasteless and abhorrent are the comparisons on either side of this wretched “debate”.
Enough is enough.

richardscourtney
March 30, 2014 1:25 pm

I AM SPARTACUS!
Richard

richardscourtney
March 30, 2014 1:28 pm

R. de Haan:
re your post at March 30, 2014 at 1:19 pm.
Have you no shame?
In a thread about untrue hate speech you make your post which only consists of untrue hate speech.
Richard

richardscourtney
March 30, 2014 1:38 pm

Claude Harvey:
Your post at March 30, 2014 at 1:16 pm says in total

And folks still wonder why socialism so often degenerates into tyranny? You’ll search far and wide for a “leftie” who doesn’t vow fealty to AGW theory. It’s a religion for those folks. That frame of mind leads them, as religions often do, to view their battles as “good against evil” and where the end justifies any means.

All true socialists oppose tyranny and many of us oppose the AGW scare.
I opposed Margaret Thatcher starting the AGW scare (see http://tallbloke.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/richard-courtney-the-history-of-the-global-warming-scare/ ) and I have consistently opposed the false scare which she created since then.
It really is a shame that whenever WUWT has a thread about hate speech then the thread is polluted by right-wing hate speech.
Richard

March 30, 2014 1:38 pm

This is the UN’s own language from 1995: “multilevel modeling also provides a basis for time effective management and credible policy development in complex situations.” They are paraphrasing Marx and then Kurt Lewin: the purpose of a model is not to reflect physical reality, but to change it. The model creates the hype that results in political power to change society.
The FuturICT project Alex Pentland from MIT is involved in also acknowledges that the models exist to gain policy making power and force collective decision making.

Jeff
March 30, 2014 1:39 pm

This is the week they release a new report from the IPCC. All the alarmists have left are: predictions of the apocalypse and hate for “deniers.” You don’t get an ounce of science anymore from them. Too hard.

Tom J
March 30, 2014 1:40 pm

I was a bit curious about Dr. Rowan Williams so I looked him up in Wikipedia and promptly discovered that his real name is:
‘Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth’
How did our former Archbishop travel the long path from the title of Archbishop, to Doctor, to Baron, and finally to Oystermouth? Again, according to Wikipedia:
‘…his new peerage was created on 8 January and gazetted on 11 January 2013 as “Baron Williams of Oystermouth”.’
Now, I promise, I promise, I promise I will not make any more fun of the title, Oystermouth, than is absolutely necessary. Indeed Dr. Williams, who certainly feels himself a cut above the rest of us (he must if he tolerates the title, Oystermouth), provides plenty of opportunities for a giggle or two through the knee slapping contradictions of his views. Let us start with his views on Social Issues. In Wikipedia his views start off with a smiling photo of him with this caption:
‘Williams speaking at the 2010 World Economic Forum in Davos.’
Now, I tend to doubt that Doctor (Why on Earth does he have that title as well?) Williams got to Davos on the wings of god. More likely he got there in an aluminum tube burning fossil fuels. In fact the man travels quite a bit. And certainly not on the back of a donkey. Heck, a donkey probably wouldn’t be appropriate for a really upscale ski resort such as Davos, Switzerland is. Nice travel opportunities, eh? But let us continue:
‘His interest in and involvement with social issues is longstanding. While Chaplain of Clare College, Cambridge, Williams took part in anti-nuclear demonstrations at United States bases.’
I wonder if he’s currently taking part in any anti-nuclear protests in say, Iran? Or, how about Pakistan, which is ramping up nuke production to possibly sell to Saudi Arabia? Or, Egypt? Perhaps because most people don’t seriously fear the US actually using one of these devices (only time was in the heat of a major world war 70 years ago) is the reason our brave Dr. Williams didn’t fear protesting them in the US. Or, maybe it’s because donkey rental rates are cheaper in the US? Let us continue.
‘He was in New York at the time of 11 September 2001 attacks, only yards from Ground Zero delivering a lecture; he subsequently wrote a short book, ‘Writing in the Dust’, offering reflections on the event. In reference to Al Qaeda, he claimed that terrorists “can have serious moral goals”‘
Ok, got that? The sheer vile sanctimoniousness of a supposed scholar reflecting on the moral provenance of such an act is probably sufficient grounds not to take anything seriously on any other subject. Ah, what the heck, let’s continue.
‘Williams has argued that the partial adoption of Islamic sharia law in the United Kingdom is “unavoidable” as a method of arbitration in such affairs as marriage, and should not be resisted.’
Ok, I didn’t delve enough into his background enough to know, but does Dr. Williams have a wife for crying out loud. Whaddaya think she has to say about marriage and sharia law? Of course it also appears this supporter of sharia law also supports gay rights. Wikipedia’s a little unclear about Dr. Williams’ viewpoint but apparently he supported the ‘Anglican Covenant’ which involved the consecration of homosexual bishops. Now, I happen to support gay rights, but I don’t happen to support sharia law: a feature of my opinions I find at least to be consistent. Maybe, just maybe, we can consider Dr. Williams consistent: consistent in his inconsistencies.
Before anybody, anywhere chooses to put any stock into what that man says about Western Society, consumerism, or global warming perhaps they should politely request that he travel to Iran, or Pakistan, to protest their possession, or upcoming possession of nuclear weapons, and also on behalf of gay rights. And until he does so, which he won’t, under no circumstances should we even remotely consider allowing him even a tiny possibility of getting his hands on the levers of the way we live.

March 30, 2014 1:44 pm

There is an old Marxist expression about creating theories to change history. Models are theories in this sense as well. I used this quote to describe what is coming in education globally but it also applies equally well to these Climate Models like the IPCC, they seek to mandate: “forward-looking transformative practices that are needed to enact history in the present.”

John West
March 30, 2014 1:44 pm

The perpetrators of the Oxygen Catastrophe still go unpunished for this horrific crime.

WTF
March 30, 2014 1:45 pm

Not one of Canada’s major newspapers had a front page story regarding Earth Hour today, at least online (I don’t support them by buying their rags). You had to really search hard to even find mention of it at all. Except for The Sun which used Earth Hour to run articles against it. The truth is winning.

March 30, 2014 1:46 pm

Thanks, A. and Dr. Pielke Jr. and others that find the courage to speak their minds.
Please keep up the good work.
It has been some time since the cult was global cooling, now it’s climate change because global warming was stalled.
There was an all-powerful king that never failed to order the Sun to rise every morning and set every day [from Antoine de Saint Exupéry].
And yes, every time the IPCC has a report, the climate sensitivity could be smaller and the uncertainty larger.
And the scam wants to go on even though their models fail. But the climate has been changing since there was an Earth planet, no amount of penitence will stop it, no indulgences.

March 30, 2014 1:46 pm

Is it a crime or ignorance to denie “climate change” and who do they want to arrest that denies it? They are mad because so many are not buying the CAGW preaching of IPPC scripture. Climate is always changing and there are few that don’t recognize that as fact.

Frosty
March 30, 2014 1:49 pm

Lest we forget:
These people have blood on their hands.
“We have laws on the books to punish anyone whose lies contribute to people’s deaths.”
Tell it to Friday Mukamperezida, who was burnt alive so they could plant trees to “protect the environment and help fight global warming.”
WUWT coverage: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2011/09/25/they-had-to-burn-the-village-to-save-it-from-global-warming/
NYT coverage: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/world/africa/in-scramble-for-land-oxfam-says-ugandans-were-pushed-out.html?_r=5&scp=3&sq=uganda&st=cse&
Climate Justice? what about Justice for Friday Mukamperezida?

March 30, 2014 1:51 pm

Michael D Smith:

How, exactly, does one arrest the climate itself?

It is the ultimate denier after all, as that graph shows.
Richard Courtney: Agreed that we can easily lapse into hate speech ourselves. That’s always been the way with such techniques, deliberately seeking such a reaction in order to discredit all its opponents. We should know better and we need to do better.

WTF
March 30, 2014 1:52 pm

Not climate related directly however related to the same progressives that have caused the death of millions of Africans by getting DDT banned.

Robert in Calgary
March 30, 2014 1:52 pm

Richard Courtney.
As I told you a few weeks ago, Socialism and CAGW are joined at the hip.
Both are failures and both are going to get pounded here and the various others sites you have run away from.
This conceit that no one can tell the truth about socialism because you have an one man utopian view of it…..

En Passant
March 30, 2014 2:12 pm

It does not surprise me that the totalitarian Climate Deceivers think Orwell’s ‘1984’ is actually a manual on ‘how to achieve your dreams …’ and actually a desirable outcome, especially as they see ‘Animal Farm’ as Phase 2 to be achieved through the delivery of Agenda-21 and world government via the superior beings selected by the UN.
I suggest that everyone reading this blog read about ‘Hate Week’ in 1984.

Alba
March 30, 2014 2:28 pm

Let’s stick to the facts. Rowan Williams did NOT use the term ‘climate denier’, not in the Telegraph article anyway. The person who used the term ‘denier’ was the Telegraph journalist. Mr Williams referred to people who have ‘doubts’.

faboutlaws
March 30, 2014 2:30 pm

During his tenure Archbishop Rowan Williams did such a poor job defending his God and defending his Church that we should welcome him defending AGW.

Paul Westhaver
March 30, 2014 2:32 pm

March 30, 2014 2:32 pm

Can someone feed them more rope?

Khwarizmi
March 30, 2014 2:32 pm

TomJ,
According to every U.S. intelligence agency, Iran isn’t trying to build nuclear weapons.
So why are you catapulting NeoCon propaganda to the contrary?
Israel has 100s of nukes—and unlike moderate and tolerant Iran—refuses, to sign the nuclear non proliferation treaty or permit inspections.
Remember the U.S.S. Liberty.

highflight56433
March 30, 2014 2:33 pm

The problem with the CAGW movement is advocating radical economic and social regulation. “The largest threat to freedom, democracy, the market economy and prosperity,” warns Czech President Vaclav Klaus, “is no longer socialism. It is, instead, the ambitious, arrogant, unscrupulous ideology of environmentalism.”
The socialist intellectual elite has been handed the ultimate salvation: environmentalism.
They, the socialists, are preparing the supporting canonical legislation that will tell you how much you can travel, what kind of light you will read by, and at what temperature you may set your bedroom thermostat. The British parliamentary committee proposed that every citizen be required to carry a carbon card that must be presented, under penalty of law, when buying gasoline, taking an airplane or using electricity. The card contains your yearly carbon ration to be drawn down with every purchase, every trip, every swipe.
There is great social power in the power to ration. Along with food (10,000,000 Ukrainians that Stalin starved), there is no greater instrument of social control than rationing energy. Just ask those 31,000 souls who perished in Great Britain who had to make a choice between high priced energy or food.

ossqss
March 30, 2014 2:35 pm

I say “Bring It On!”.
Any that do will feel that uncomfortable feeling the “Mann” is feeling right now about the discovery process through the court system.
Come one, come all, and let’s have a closer look at what is at issue and settle this science with a jury of our peers. 《;-)
http://youtu.be/7U2E-In0DDg