denialism

Get Carter!

Larvatus Prodeo - March 4, 2010 - 4:52pm

All sorts of dark conspiracies are alleged at Quadrant.

Quadrant Online previously reported that the ABC had invited Bob Carter to contribute to an online debate on The Drum following their publication of a series of five articles by Clive Hamilton.

Left internet newsletters and blog sites were outraged that sceptics were to be allowed to comment on their ABC.

Professor Carter submitted his article, on James Hansen and the Hansenism cult, and the ABC has rejected his article – which Quadrant Online is privileged to publish. Read more »

Denialism: it’s a tactic, not an ideology

Hoyden about Town - January 31, 2010 - 10:31am

Denialism (n): the practice of creating the illusion of debate when there is none.

So all you climate change denialists who are clutching your pearls about how being called denialists is somehow saying that you are being equated with Nazis – as if the term was invented just for Holocaust denialism – can stop beating on that strawman now.

Sure, people often have ideological reasons for engaging in denialism, but common tactics do not make a common ideology: denialism is merely the practice of creating the illusion of debate when there is none.

The Denialism Blog lays it out: don’t mistake denialism for debate. Read more »