If that one hasn’t been Voxsplained yet, surely Slate will step up to the plate.
But first, how about a piece linking the crisis in Iraq to “unusually hot” weather? We didn’t make this sentence up: “It may just be an interesting coincidence, but it could mean more.”
Compelling.
Drama-queen meteorologist Eric Holthaus was once brought to tears — public tears — when he read a climate change report. That’s when he overshared that he was considering a vasectomy. Now that you have that background, here’s the article he published at Slate:
Is global warming destabilizing Iraq? http://t.co/torpeNP691 pic.twitter.com/PrysKceTGB
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) June 27, 2014
Could the rise of ISIS be linked to recent droughts in Iraq and Syria? http://t.co/torpeNP691 pic.twitter.com/z3pitMK2cA
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) June 27, 2014
Holthaus concluded the answer to that question was “a qualified yes,” but what about others?
https://twitter.com/instapundit/status/482582561072242688
They're really writing think pieces around the notion that Global Warming is causing terrorists to take over Iraq. HOLY SHIT, these people.
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 27, 2014
Hey! What else can we blame on global warming? OOOOOOOOH Terrorism by an ideology that's been around for a couple thousand years!
— RBe (@RBPundit) June 27, 2014
Global warming is the leading cause of everything. @instapundit @JonahNRO @EricHolthaus
— Larry Correia (@monsterhunter45) June 27, 2014
@instapundit @EricHolthaus "The Sixth Sense II": "I see correlations."
— Brian (@btskinn) June 27, 2014
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Slate is encroaching on territory that belongs to @Vox @instapundit @EricHolthaus
— E.L (@Mootpoint21) June 27, 2014
New game: #SalonOrSlate – RT @EricHolthaus: Could the rise of #ISIS be linked to recent droughts in Iraq and Syria? http://t.co/YMwiUMa7Ji
— Cameron Gray (@Cameron_Gray) June 27, 2014
It may be overstating it, @EricHolthaus, to link #climate and ISIS. Iraq was already a mess. Let's avoid hyperbole. http://t.co/HHGzd0sDdK
— Andrew Holland (@TheAndyHolland) June 27, 2014
Guys, leave him alone. He might cry again. Or snip something.
@TheAndyHolland There's a clear case for a link btw climate and violence in Syria/Iraq. It's very likely not the dominant cause, of course.
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) June 27, 2014
@TheAndyHolland There's a huge difference btw demonstrating a possible link (which my piece does) and attributing blame (which I don't do).
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) June 27, 2014
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