re: #424 austin_blue

First off, thanks for a very considered response, I was too hard on you. Mea culpa.

I just think that climate change is such an accepted fact among the scientists that study it that the deniers have stopped attacking the *science* and are now attacking the *scientists*.

Perhaps we can agree that the politicisation of science in general is fraught with problems?

Those now under ‘attack’, either chose, or were chosen to represent their field in the public arena and were active in informing politicians and voters on public policy. In some cases, such as Gore, Pachauri and Watson, they were highly committed to pursue this political track from the start. They can’t really complain on that basis as politics is a rough business and they chose it.

Others, such as Jones and Mann were just backwater scientists doing their thing, but then the media and politics got a hold of them and they became stars, celebrities. Some of that fame is coming back to bite them as they are now facing scrutiny.