Fear-mongering. That's my immediate reaction to today's Green Diary here on DailyKos, and the Emagazine article it quotes at length.
I care deeply about the environment. I also happen to be a scientist. And that's why it annoys me deeply when I see people take an unscientific or even anti-scientific posture over things like Global Warming, based on little more than irrational emotions.
But it annoys me even more when people do it in the name of the environment. It discredits the rest of us. It's far too common that people simply make stuff up when it comes to environmental concerns. If you don't like something, it's probably bad for the environment - and then you go looking for a reason why you think that's the case. That's an unscientific posture, and even an anti-scientific one. And it's one that DailyKos has now given voice to by promoting this article.. The 'why' is under the fold.
