Updated : Epic Twitter Pwnage, Climate Change Denier edition
I haven’t written that much myself lately, mostly just a couple of pages where I post part of another article to bring it to your attention and maybe post a brief comment on it, or two. For that reason alone, I really wanted to do this, that and hopefully encourage some of you to join in and make these guys suffer even more for not using their critical thinking skills. You could also tell us about some other wingnut stupidity.
Now lets begin our story.
The epic battle started with this tweet. It had nothing to do with climate change, although it is certainly wishful thinking that ignores historical facts.
Happy Tax Day America :-) Remember the days when there was no Income Tax??? #AbolishTheIRS pic.twitter.com/syg6CFJe8H
— Irish John (@FreedomDisciple) April 15, 2014
U pine for sweatshops, institutionalized racism, women not allowed 2 vote? @vonny_manna @FreedomDisciple @DuraE66 #tcot #UniteBlue
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 30, 2014
Do u want 2 go back to high tariffs & excise tax? That is how govt was funded before income tax. @vonny_manna @FreedomDisciple @DuraE66
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 30, 2014
The meme is about how great everything was in the past. @FreedomDisciple @vonny_manna @DuraE66
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 30, 2014
I care about #principles and the world we pass to further generations @FreedomDisciple pic.twitter.com/phMMhNus0U
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 30, 2014
@FreedomDisciple Please explain away the over whelming evidence for #ClimateChange. / @viciousbabushka
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 30, 2014
But of course they wouldn’t listen,
@CriticalDragon1 All of which debunk and expose the #ClimateChange lie @FreedomDisciple @viciousbabushka
— Victoria Mitchell (@viczin1669) May 30, 2014
Oh you mean the ppl who called it #globalcooling, then #globalwarming, then #climatechange @CriticalDragon1 @viciousbabushka
— Irish John (@FreedomDisciple) May 30, 2014
Vicious Babushka had a great reply, unfortunately and unsurprisingly these guys don’t get science, or they just don’t want to get it. Anyway its all some conspiracy for the government to gain more control over our lives. We should just ignore the fact that too many scientists would get nothing out of it. Not to mention what you’d have to gain as a climatologist, if you could debunk the idea that carbon dioxide and other green house gases are heating up the planet. Also we have to ignore how much easier things would be for everyone if anthropogenic climate change didn’t exist.
Scientists often change their model based on EVIDENCE. Unlike #RWNJ’s @FreedomDisciple @CriticalDragon1
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 30, 2014
Oh never admit your wrong and always seek power and control @viciousbabushka @CriticalDragon1
— Irish John (@FreedomDisciple) May 30, 2014
Who has more power & control, oil & coal Industries or climate scientists? @FreedomDisciple @CriticalDragon1
— The Vicious Babushka (@viciousbabushka) May 30, 2014
@viciousbabushka Also who would be able to bribe the scientists more to get them to lie for their cause? / @FreedomDisciple
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 30, 2014
The EPA.. Who has killed more people.p??? The EPA as well @viciousbabushka @CriticalDragon1
— Irish John (@FreedomDisciple) May 30, 2014
I was glad however to see that at least one other people had come along who saw the forest for the trees.
@FreedomDisciple Did you really say that the EPA killed more people than oil and coal? Someone whacked you pretty hard with a stupid stick.
— WhyWeLeave (@WhyWeLeave) May 30, 2014
Off course FreedomDisciple doesn’t like facts. He prefers his anti science, anti government delusions.
Yes it called banning #ddt and the CAFE standards in cars @WhyWeLeave not stupid. Called #facts
— Irish John (@FreedomDisciple) May 30, 2014
His responses to me were no better.
But let me ask you a q… Do you know the Mediterranean Ocean?? @CriticalDragon1 @viciousbabushka
— Irish John (@FreedomDisciple) May 30, 2014
Then I decided to deal with her nonsense.
@CriticalDragon1 All of which debunk and expose the #ClimateChange lie @FreedomDisciple @viciousbabushka
— Victoria Mitchell (@viczin1669) May 30, 2014
I then directed Victoria to something I wrote, thinking that maybe when she saw how few scientist actually accepted climate change compared to those that don’t, she might actually change her mind.
@viczin1669 @FreedomDisciple look at the scientist in relevant fields who reject climate change http://t.co/bDPDZtftfN / @viciousbabushka
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 30, 2014
Turns out that was wishful thinking. Turns out she doesn’t like our website either.
@CriticalDragon1 LGF? Nah. Not going to happen. @FreedomDisciple @viciousbabushka
— Victoria Mitchell (@viczin1669) May 30, 2014
@viczin1669 What does Charles Johnson scare the little wingnut. Wah Wah, green footballs scare me. / @FreedomDisciple @viciousbabushka
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 30, 2014
@CriticalDragon1 You’re funny. Afraid of little ol’ CJ? Not so much… @FreedomDisciple @viciousbabushka
— Victoria Mitchell (@viczin1669) May 30, 2014
Then the anti science wingnuts answer to the Lone Ranger came down to take on us “tree huggers.” He came to shout off nuggets of “truth” to us from his steed of justice.
@FreedomDisciple @JackieKarlsen @CriticalDragon1 @viciousbabushka So far 2014 is coldest year ever per “NCH..?” GW is a scam.
— Jim Withrow (@JimWithrow1) May 30, 2014
But I fired back with our greatest weapon, Neil Degrasse Tyson.
@JimWithrow1 @FreedomDisciple @JackieKarlsen watch this, @neiltyson completely debunks you https://t.co/tuvW2lx1lD / @viciousbabushka
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 30, 2014
@JimWithrow1 @FreedomDisciple @JackieKarlsen Also it was only the coldest winter in the last 4yrs http://t.co/hSGlKhO9ul @viciousbabushka
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 30, 2014
@FreedomDisciple @JackieKarlsen @CriticalDragon1 @viciousbabushka Google: “Generation Management Investment LLP” Gore’ carbon offset Co.
— Jim Withrow (@JimWithrow1) May 30, 2014
I’m betting if I actually googled what Jim Withrow1 suggested I’d get a bunch of wingnut sites talking about how “evil” us “tree huggers” are. Then he expected us to believe this.
@CriticalDragon1 @JimWithrow1 @FreedomDisciple @JackieKarlsen @neiltyson @viciousbabushka 17 years no change in temp. CC comp models failed
— Jim Withrow (@JimWithrow1) May 30, 2014
@JimWithrow1 Care to cite a credible source for that claim? / @FreedomDisciple @JackieKarlsen
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 30, 2014
Then JimWithrow1 the Wingnut Ranger showed us just how much he understood Climate science, not to mention what he thought was a “credible source”
@CriticalDragon1 @JimWithrow1 @FreedomDisciple @JackieKarlsen Go to: http://t.co/UhIGXcE5tN Ret weather channel head
— Jim Withrow (@JimWithrow1) May 30, 2014
@JimWithrow1 That’s your idea of a credible source, a paranoid rightwing hack website? / @FreedomDisciple @JackieKarlsen 1/2
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 31, 2014
@JimWithrow1 Yeah I “should” trust that over the scientific community especially climatologists / @FreedomDisciple @JackieKarlsen 2/2
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 31, 2014
@JimWithrow1 @CriticalDragon1 @FreedomDisciple Smart man. @JohnColemanMRWX Just like @BigJoeBastardi says, there is no #climatechange
— #NRA #Reagan Jackie (@JackieKarlsen) May 30, 2014
@JackieKarlsen @JimWithrow1 @FreedomDisciple Too bad you’re all wrong about #ClimateChange not being real. 1/2
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 31, 2014
@JackieKarlsen @JimWithrow1 @FreedomDisciple Why don’t U read what scientists have to say instead of antiscience conspiracy theorists? 2/2
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 31, 2014
@JackieKarlsen @JimWithrow1 @FreedomDisciple By the way guys, a weather man is not a climatologist.
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 31, 2014
Then as Vicious Babushka would say came the butt hurt.
@CriticalDragon1 @FreedomDisciple @JackieKarlsen ALERT “NAMECALLING CARD” ALERT
— Jim Withrow (@JimWithrow1) May 31, 2014
And they still refused to accept the unpleasant reality of climate change.
@JimWithrow1 @CriticalDragon1 @FreedomDisciple Smart man. @JohnColemanMRWX Just like @BigJoeBastardi says, there is no #climatechange
— #NRA #Reagan Jackie (@JackieKarlsen) May 30, 2014
@CriticalDragon1 Who do I trust, you or an 80 year old man who was on GMA and founded the Weather Channel? No brainer. Bye!
— #NRA #Reagan Jackie (@JackieKarlsen) May 31, 2014
@JackieKarlsen Oh he found the weather channel? I don’t care, that doesn’t prove anything. The scientific community says I’m correct. 1/2
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 31, 2014
@JackieKarlsen That’s the no brainer. Why should I believe him, over the scientists who study the climate? http://t.co/bDPDZtftfN 2/2
— CriticalDragon1177 (@CriticalDragon1) May 31, 2014
I have yet to get a reply. I guess its just too much for them to embrace reality, when it would mean doing stuff they don’t like, like having to figure out how to cut green house gas emissions.
Update 6/1/14 at 6am : Added a link to The Hayden Planetarium’s page on Neil Degrasse Tyson
Update 6/1/14 at 7:52am : there was one tweet I forgot to include. The lone ranger returned and revealed the “real” culprit behind the “global warming conspiracy.”
@CriticalDragon1 This GW scam is taking money out your pocket too, and putting it in greedy rich white Al Gore’s. Think for minute!
— Jim Withrow (@JimWithrow1) May 31, 2014
No wonder so few scientists believe climate change is a hoax.