Bill Nye The Gaffe Guy: His 7 Most Cringeworthy Moments

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...4. Bill Nye The Jail Climate Skeptics Guy

Some of Nye’s controversial moments predate his new TV show.

Last year, he suggested during a video interview that throwing “deniers” of global warming in prison was an understandable and perhaps sensible idea.

Nye was asked by Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) interviewer Marc Morano if he agrees with other green activists that the government should throw global warming skeptics into jail as criminals.

“Well, we’ll see what happens,” Nye replied. “Was it appropriate to jail the guys from Enron? Was it appropriate to jail people from the cigarette industry who insisted that this addictive product was not addictive, and so on?”

Nye was being interviewed for “Climate Hustle,” an upcoming documentary film skeptical of global warming that premieres nationwide next month.

When asked if his proposal would prevent scientists with alternative ideas from publishing their research, Nye responded, “That there is a chilling effect on scientists who are in extreme doubt about climate change — I think is good.”...

Read more at: http://dailycaller.com/2017/04/29/bill-nye-the-gaffe-guy-his-7-most-cringeworthy-moments/

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 “Was it appropriate to jail the guys from Enron? Was it appropriate to jail people from the cigarette industry who insisted that this addictive product was not addictive, and so on?”

Not comparable.

Enron, for example, deliberately misled investors and such

Nye is talking about criminalizing disagreement

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Nye is talking about criminalizing disagreement

Disagreement with him.  If he was the one on the outs, he wouldn't be so strident.  Of curse, that's a moot point, people like him are never "on the outs" because he's a follower, not a leader.