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gunslnger October 5 2013, 20:15:51 UTC
There has been some indications conservative think tanks and lobbying firms have used professional "trolls"

It always has to be a right-wing conspiracy, doesn't it?

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telemann October 5 2013, 20:19:49 UTC
So out of 1300 words, and that's your take-away?

Oy vey.

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enders_shadow October 5 2013, 20:45:58 UTC
Was there a better snippit for him to snipe at? Well then, you have your answer.

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fizzyland October 5 2013, 21:19:57 UTC
I think this clearly demonstrates that Popular Science made the right move.

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telemann October 5 2013, 21:23:42 UTC
Ironic, isn't it?

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notmrgarrison October 5 2013, 22:00:19 UTC
Speech is dangerous.

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rimpala October 5 2013, 22:27:18 UTC
So is ignorance

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gunslnger October 6 2013, 08:56:32 UTC
Eh, I'd heard about it before and didn't read past that point.

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abomvubuso October 6 2013, 10:10:17 UTC
And you have the audacity to claim that you're not trolling, ever.

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notmrgarrison October 6 2013, 10:43:00 UTC
There has been some indications conservative think tanks and lobbying firms have...

And of course the OP wasn't trolling.

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abomvubuso October 6 2013, 10:48:53 UTC
Citation? I read it several times and I got nothing. Are you sure you're aware that just saying something is trolling, doesn't make it so? Right now, you could be on the way towards placing yourself into a position where you could be accused of that, as well.

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notmrgarrison October 6 2013, 10:52:15 UTC
Are you sure you're aware that just saying something is trolling, doesn't make it so?

Likewise. Making a reference to conservatives maybe doing something bad garners a response from a conservative, and it's the conservative who is trolling. Gotta love it.

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abomvubuso October 6 2013, 10:59:43 UTC
So I take it you've got nothing then?

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peristaltor October 6 2013, 00:57:27 UTC
If you haven't heard that it absolutely is, you haven't been paying attention. Heck, Oreskes and Conway's book could give you many of their names.

Essentially, many of the big players-scientists who do everything to skew conclusions or reach meaningful decisions-view any government intrusion into businesses right to burn and pollute as just another form of socialism, and to them the Cold War is still very real.

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gunslnger October 6 2013, 09:13:12 UTC
Oh, I've heard that people believe that it is. But all the "evidence" for it that I've seen is as sketchy as the "evidence" that the Twin Towers were brought down by explosives.

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