My last Huffington Post entry, about why many Republicans reject mainstream climate science, now has 125 comments. That's gotta be a personal best for me as a blogger. Of course, a lot of it has to do with the fact that there are global warming "skeptics" over there who post comments and tick everybody else off.....
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I might also have something to do with the fact that you moderate comments. Not criticism, but it usually means less conversation.
It's not quantity but quality that counts.
Most of the comments I've read on Huffington Post were pretty vacuous (many of the posts too, to be very honest).
Shorter HuffPo comment thread denialist/delusionist: "the facts don't fit my beliefs!".
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Hey--Of course I love you guys who comment here better (even if I have to censor you now and again ;>). I'm just saying, I was bowled over by the Huffpost comment volume.
%%$$#@**))&^%$ Mooney.
Censors all my best f&^%$#! comments.
I think bowling is an excellent analogy for Huffington Post comments (gutter balls and all).
It makes me a little sad though, to see your article attacking denialism about global warming, but on the same day they published more thimerosal/mercury/autism denialist crap from David Kirby.
Oh, and "skeptics" in quotes is too nice for the global warming deniers. I would argue they deserve the full "denialist" tag, just like HIV/AIDS denialists and holocaust deniers because they use the exact same methods. It's not just a matter of being unconvinced or having an alternative theory, they use the exact same methods. So screw 'em, they're denialists.
I agree.
In many cases, the science deniers have adopted the term "skeptic" because they believe it lends them an air of credibility in the scientific realm that they would otherwise not have.
They are deluded, of course. What they practice has nothing whatsoever to do with real scientific skepticism.
They give real skeptics (in the traditional sense) a bad name -- and they certainly do not deserve the moniker "skeptic", not even in quotes.
"Denialist" is good. So is "reality denier". So is "irrationalist".