WUWT readers may recall that we recently highlighted how Dr. Roger Pielke Jr. had had enough of the bullying, smearing, and libel, from the Center for American Progress (CAP) who had written hundreds of negative articles and ultimately, bragged about getting Pielke fired from a writing job.
Pielke called him out, in the form of a public debate, with proceeds to charity. Predictably, Legum ran away from that.
Pielke writes:
CAP Backs Down When Challenged
Judd Legum is an editor for the Center for American Progress, where he oversees their “Climate Progress” blog. Over the years, in his role as editor, he oversaw or wrote some 160+ articles about me on their pages, misrepresenting my research and political views.
After I wrote an article for Nate Silver at 538 in 2014, he called up Silver (and Silver’s lead editor) to demand I be fired.
But that embarrassment hasn’t kept Legum away, just yesterday he again took to Twitter to misrepresent my academic work. It’s always the same playbook.
I’ve had enough of CAP and their lies, misrepresentations, and character assassination. So yesterday I challenged Legum to back up his Twitter and Wikileaks bravado in a public debate with me.
If my work has been “comprehensively debunked” by CAP and is the work of “deniers” then he should be able to destroy me in a public forum, giving a powerful lesson to anyone foolish enough to challenge him.
Here is how Legum responded in declining the opportunity to debate the subject of my 538 article that has had him so worked up over these past four years:
I think on the topic, the idea of what’s driving the costs of disasters is a technical topic that would not create a compelling public debate. The arguments all hinge on data analysis that would be boring and no readily comprehensible for a general debate.
Say what? A “technical topic”? And “not readily comprehensible”? So much for the Wikileaks bravado about debunking my work and all that.
More generally Legum responded:
I’m not sure you actually stake out any such positions that I disagree with.
This is a remarkable admission from the guy at the Center for American Progress who has overseen a decade-long effort to destroy my academic career through social media bullying, behind the scenes politicking, and the spreading of outright lies.
It also shows what happens when bullies are challenged but can’t back it up. They back down and slink away.
Read more at The Climate Fix
We already knew what Jedd Legum was. Now we just want to know how much he charges.
Judd Legum makes Stormy Daniels look like a piker in regards to personal service charges to billionaires.
The last admission that he does not disagree should result in a lawsuit for past harassment and lost income.
We do need to take the left to court and win. The left have trashed too many reputations, deprived too many people of incomes(the ability to earn an income is a person’s most valuable asset) and discriminated in terms of employment based on opinions, especially when the truth has dared to be uttered.
Which is more insidious? Discrimination based on race or discrimination based on thought? Even worse is discrimination based on “someone might get offended.”
Time to ridicule the left for their disgraceful behaviour and give them a taste of their own medicine in court.
Steyer basically IS the Center for American Progress. Appreciate that even though CAP lobbies at the federal and state level, especially California, that is a not-for-profit. Steyer funds, along with other progressive billionaires almost every Left wing initiative in the country and some elsewhere. What irritates me about Steyer and is leftist billionaire brethren is they made their billions in the USA under our capitalist system, protected by our US Constitution and military. Contrary to what they say on their various websites all they seem to want is the bring down that same political and economic system. If you check out the boards and executive staff of all such organizations (environmental groups as well) the “cross fertilization” is astounding. A board member here is a attorney there, is a executive staff person there and a board member over there and on. I had a boss who had me spend the time checking for “cross fertilization” between environmental groups a decade or so ago. Such groups or individuals within such groups in turn often closely associate themselves with various high level bureaucrats not just politicians.
Legume
Translation:
“No chance of me grabbing a sound bite that doesn’t make me look like an idiot.”