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Offline rangerrebew

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Who Should We Punish for the Fake Science Poisoning our Children’s Futures?
The celebrities and media who lend any support or comfort to those who manipulate the young to commit crimes based on flawed science are worse than those who encouraged flagellation to cure the Black Death in medieval times.

Posted by Leslie Eastman Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 07:00am 29 Comments
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Today, I am going to add a mother’s perspective on “climate crisis” pseudoscience” to address an issue I think is essential: Who, exactly, do we punish for fake science upon which poor policy choices are made?

But beyond that, how can we crack down on science fraud poisoning our children’s futures?

Last October, we reported two women in their early 20s were arrested in London for throwing soup over Vincent Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” painting during a protest against fossil fuels.


They both are now looking at over two years of jail time.

https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/10/who-should-we-punish-for-the-fake-science-poisoning-our-childrens-futures/
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The celebrities and media who lend any support or comfort to those who manipulate the young to commit crimes based on flawed science are worse than those who encouraged flagellation to cure the Black Death in medieval times.
Both have about equal results in terms of advancing health care and the weather.

Let's consider barring the charlatans from receiving grant money for research, and shunning the 'celebrities' who push panic over something we likely can do very little to change, one way or another.
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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.

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