When the recent horrifying threats to climate scientists caused researchers to have to relocate, it was rightfully decried by many on the left. This interferes with the work of climate scientists, and is truly appalling. Other types of nuisance activities--like the deluge of FOIA-type requests, are similarly nasty and intrusive into their work. Illegal actions--such as the hacking of computers, is a dreadful further ratcheting-up of the assaults.
What would your response be if a climate science project was physically destroyed by activists--damaging equipment, destroying data, and setting back the work for a significant period of time?
The outrage would be palpable, here and throughout the science community, as it should be.
What you don't know is that this sort of behavior is occurring, interfering with science projects that can help mitigate the effects of climate change and move us away from fossil fuels, among other benefits. But it's being done by the left, sadly.
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