Kari-Norgaard's Great Silliness

How About Some of Both? University of Oregon Report Compares Global Warming Skepticism To Fight Against Slavery…

“ Just read what this chick's resume includes... but hide the .45 first. Thus warned by du Toit, I girded my loins and jumped into the link.  And laughed my ass off. At some point the left will always jump the shark with one of their gambits, and surely that is the case with AWG.  “ Skepticism regarding the need for immediate and massive action against carbon emissions is a sickness of societies and individuals which needs to be “treated”, according to an Oregon-based professor of “sociology and environmental studies”. Professor Kari Norgaard compares the struggle against climate skepticism to that against racism and slavery in the US South. Prof Norgaard holds a B.S. in biology and a master’s and PhD in sociology. “Over the past ten years I have published and taught in the areas of environmental sociology, gender and environment, race and environment, climate change, sociology of culture, social movements and sociology of emotions,” she says. The good prof is in London at the moment for the “Planet Under Pressure” conference, where she presented a paper on Wednesday dealing with how best to do away with the evil of skepticism and get the human race to focus all its efforts on saving the planet. [Weasel Zippers cont] ” By the by, when I Googled for Norgaard's puss,  I was directed to Doug M's treatment of the same story, complete with the "jump the shark" device.  We are it seems identical twins, except he's better looking and smarter,  but is not the King of France and Sweden.  ”