Tom Nelson: Twitter exchanges: Warmist Marshall Shepherd on whether he's worried about his own CO2 emissions and whether he should use the term "denier"

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

"Enjoy the Silence" by my favorite group Depeche Mode appropriate today.:), still mad I am going to be in Europe when they come to Atlanta

@DrShepherd2013 So you're not worried that the CO2 emissions from your European trip might cause bad weather that kills someone?

@tan123 I am more worried about the fact that I hate to fly period :)

@tan123 looked into shipping over actually

as a person inherently non-confrontational, I just do not understand how scientific discourse ends up in name calling/mean-spiritedness

Twitter / tan123: @DrShepherd2013 When you smear ...
@DrShepherd2013 When you smear climate skeptics as "deniers", does that not qualify as "name calling/mean-spiritedness"?

Twitter / DrShepherd2013: @tan123 not intentionally, ...

@tan123 not intentionally, I just don't know each week what the proper characterization is, my bad...

@DrShepherd2013 There's never been a week when "deniers" was the proper characterization for climate skeptics. Try using "climate skeptics"

@tan123 Seriously, I will use that going forward. I see denier so often. I am sure I have been called worse :). Thanks

Tom Nelson