Andy Revkin points us to a 17-page warmist propaganda handbook that says: "Questioning the link between climate change and extreme weather is no different than questioning the link between cancer and smoking. Make the comparison directly whenever the science is questioned"

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Fascinating Climate Nexus document on how to talk about global warming & extreme weather: http://climatenexus.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/connectingthedots.pdf …

From the document:

Push Back on Questions
Questioning the link between climate change and extreme weather is no different than questioning the link between cancer and smoking.  Make the comparison directly whenever the science is questioned.
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Don't Debate the Consensus

Instead, explain climate change deniers by comparing them to those who disagreed with the consensus on smoking and cancer for many years after Surgeon General's warming.  It is also useful to point out that most of the prominent skeptics are funded by the oil industry.  If you wouldn't bet the farm on the say-so of the handful of scientists who believe in UFOs, why should we put our children's future at the risk on the say-so of a handful of climate change deniers?
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Thanks to Susan Hassol, Aaron Huertas, Michael Mann, and Kevin Trenberth, who provided invaluable comments on early versions of this document