Beginning with, "As a scientist, I shouldn't have a stake in the upcoming midterm elections, but unfortunately, it seems that I — and indeed all my fellow climate scientists — do. ", including references to "pseudo-science", "cigarettes", and "anti-science", and naming specific Republican legislatorsMann's editorial is ideally suited to amplify partisan sentiments vis-a-vis climate change.
The loaded language evokes an emotional response rather than an intellectual one. It seems to me this is a rather unwise choice for climate scientists – activists who would prefer the narrative of scientists as intellectual rather than scientists as high strung divas dominated by right brain thinking. But maybe it's understandable Mann wrote in this style "because we're hardwired not to always think clearly when we're scared".
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