1.0Climate Change Dispatchhttps://climatechangedispatch.comThomas Richardhttps://climatechangedispatch.com/author/ccdeditor/A Thank You to Rep. Raul Grijalva, Narrative Killerrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="IvC9AnK5JQ"><a href="https://climatechangedispatch.com/a-thank-you-to-rep-raul-grijalva-narrative-killer/">A Thank You to Rep. Raul Grijalva, Narrative Killer</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://climatechangedispatch.com/a-thank-you-to-rep-raul-grijalva-narrative-killer/embed/#?secret=IvC9AnK5JQ" width="600" height="338" title="“A Thank You to Rep. Raul Grijalva, Narrative Killer” — Climate Change Dispatch" data-secret="IvC9AnK5JQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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(h/t Climate Depot) With this post I'd like to express a sincere Thanks to representative Raul Grijalva (D-AZ). As most readers here will know, Rep. Grijalva is "investigating" me based on his belief that I do research and public service as a consequence of shadow payments from fossil fuel companies. Ridiculous, I know. I'm thanking Rep. Grijalva not for the media exposure (e.g., NPR, NYT) or for the bump in sales of my books (e.g., THB, TCF, D&CC), and not even for the many bits of fan mail via email and Twitter from the fringes of the climate debate. Rather, I am thanking Rep. Grijalva for doing more than his part in helping to kill a narrative. For more than a decade, leading elements of the science and media communities have advanced a narrative which said that conservatives were stupid and/or evil and were singularly responsible for pathologically politicizing science. Reality, as the saying goes, has a liberal bias. It turns out that concerns over the "politicization of science" were themselves subject to politicization.https://climatechangedispatch.com/wp-content/uploads/images_pics8_facts-ignorance.jpg