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From what I can tell, there was a notice that public-facing communication be put on hold. Then EPA employees started howling that since peer reviewed articles a
by belovedeagle 10y ago
From what I can tell, there was a notice that public-facing communication be put on hold. Then EPA employees started howling that since peer reviewed articles are public, the administration had just ordered a gagging of all scientific endeavors. The administration put out a clarification that of course scientific articles weren't banned, upon which the media jumped on this as evidence that "aha! So you did ban science and now we made you back down!"
I'm no fan of Trump but this behavior by the left is absolutely idiotic.
- facetube 10y agoWho is "the left"? Be specific.
- ryanx435 10y agoWhy should they be specific when the left groups half of America into a basket of deplorables?
- spurcell93 10y agoI can't tell if this comment is brilliant sarcasm or if it has completely missed the point.
- facetube 10y agoI'm really sad that comment ended up being flagged; it illustrated our current slide toward mindless partisanship and collective punishment perfectly.
- belovedeagle 10y agoIt's become increasingly clear in part several weeks that flagging posts and comments is just another way of downvoting them. Accordingly, I've personally started downvoting and flagging any comment I strongly disagree with just to balance things out. I realize perfectly well that this makes me part of the problem, but if you can't beat 'em...