Volunteer moderator Nathan Allen recently explained the decision to keep the opinions of climate change skeptics out of Reddit’s science forum. Wouldn’t want any dissenting opinions getting in the way of an agenda, right? Al Gore certainly agrees:
Climate deniers can no longer spread disinformation on @Reddit’s science forum: http://t.co/g9y7qPx6SI
— Al Gore (@algore) December 17, 2013
Whew! Free speech is so 200 years ago, you guys.
@algore @reddit
Thought science was not based on popularity or celebrity?
But on experimentation and review of theory— ted scott ❌ ?? (@tedscott4) December 17, 2013
Sorry, Ted. You thought wrong. That’s just not how it works in the World According to Al Gore:
Only #AGW Druid believers get to… MT @algore: Climate deniers can no longer spread disinformation on @Reddit’s science forum#ManBearPig
— Tom (@BoreGuru) December 17, 2013
"Climate apostates." RT @algore: Climate deniers can no longer spread disinformation on @Reddit’s science forum: http://t.co/gzBooRJOud
— Underdog (@rdbrewer4) December 17, 2013
Aside from using the nonsensical “climate deniers” term, Gore and his like-minded Redditors are celebrating flat-out censorship. Allen claims that “as a site, Reddit is passionately dedicated to free speech.” Could’ve fooled us.
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Speech it not precious to @algore, Al should #climatechange Deniers be killed next? http://t.co/MWNhyEw12g Kim Jung Un has tips for U!
— Peter Thiele – Handsome Man (@PeterThiele) December 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/twitr_patter/status/412992131179876352
@algore @reddit why are u so afraid of dissenting viewpoints? Surely if ur "facts" were so strong, u wouldnt need 2 resort 2 banning speech
— Anti Social-ist (@SovereignGuy) December 17, 2013
@algore @reddit <– Suppressors of Free Speech #TCOT
— Py Teaparty (@pyteaparty) December 17, 2013
@AspiringThrawn @rdbrewer4 @algore @reddit A healthy dose of agenda always encourages discovery.
— Keith Burgin (@KeithBurgin) December 17, 2013
.@rdbrewer4 @algore So..when all else fails, censor. Nice.
— That Goddamned Finklestein Shit Kid (@Supreme____Beef) December 17, 2013
There’s a precedent for this sort of thing:
@Peetweefish @rdbrewer4 @algore If I recall, the LAT has stopped printing letters to the editor from skeptics.
— That Goddamned Finklestein Shit Kid (@Supreme____Beef) December 17, 2013
@rdbrewer4 @algore @reddit LA Times did it a couple months ago as well.
— Orson Snow (@OrsonSnow) December 17, 2013
Yes it did. Which is just fine with Allen, who expresses hope that newspapers will follow in Reddit’s footsteps and keep those pesky “climate deniers” out of their pages. No doubt Al Gore shares that hope.
https://twitter.com/gogman/status/412995595939246080
It’s science for the modern age.
@rdbrewer4 @algore @reddit
New Scientific Method:
1. Make An Observation
2. Ask A Question
3. Form Hypothesis
4. Burn Heretics
5. SCIENCE!— Bryan Costin (@bcostin) December 17, 2013
https://twitter.com/koryleavitt/status/412989797108445184
Excelsior!
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