You'd look good behind bars. Don't worry, tho. You're too small to count. They just mean the liars you post, like Watts and Goddard.
“If I see One More Ignorant Comment, I’m gonna…” SNAP April 15, 2016
Polls tell us that real scientists from our leading universities and research institutions are still the most trusted sources on climate change information, which is why so many climate denial canards, and so much internet bullshit in general, starts with the phrase “..according to NASA.”
See one hoary example above, of how a legit NASA study can be turned into a pesky climate denial meme.
Anyway, somebody at NASA got tired of this.
The Independent:
Nasa has taken time out from its usual work of exploring the galaxy to call out
climate change deniers on Facebook.
Nasa’s comments were posted underneath an update from popular science educator Bill Nye, who posted an article about climate change denier Marc Morano refusing Nye’s $20,000 (£14,000) bet that the planet will keep getting hotter.
One user, Fer Morales, took issue with the article’s assertion that human emissions are causing the planet to warm, writing: “Riiiiight, despite Nasa confirming that fossil fuels are actually cooling the planet’s temperature, and that there’s more ice than in the last century in the polar caps. And the fact that so-called rises of the sea levels have not materialised, and that any real scientist doesn’t back up man-made climate change at all, since it’s a cycle that has existed even before we did.”
Huffington Post:
“We invite you to comment on our page, but we ask that you be courteous and cite credible sources when sharing information.”
That’s the disclaimer posted atop NASA’s Global Climate Change Facebook page. And judging from the normally staid government agency’s response to a handful of climate change deniers who ran amok this week under a post by media personality Bill Nye, they mean it.
Nye, known as “the Science Guy,” shared a story on NASA’s page Monday about a climate change denier who refused to accept $20,000 in bets that the planet will continue getting hotter. The post inspired readers to share a torrent of poorly substantiated — yet fiercely defended — theories in the comments section, ranging from outright climate change denial to vitriolic attacks on NASA itself.
After a couple days of the lunacy (as of Thursday evening, the comments section was still growing), whoever manages NASA’s climate change Facebook page finally had enough and decided to set the record straight.
One reader, who referred to NASA as a group of “leftards,” but nevertheless claimed NASA has confirmed “that fossil fuels are actually cooling the planet’s temperature,” earned a clear rebuke: “Do not misrepresent NASA,” the agency responded. “ Fossil fuels are not cooling the planet.”
That stone-cold retort appears to have since been deleted, but other similarly blunt replies remain:
Most of NASA’s replies were informative, well-substantiated, and written with admirable restraint:
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