Forrest TanakaInteresting article from 2013:
“Even [Michael] Shermer must concede that the people he is talking about are ‘far-left progressives.’ What power do they have? Whom do they influence? Who listens to them? Well, no one, really.
“On the Right, however, not only have the nutcases taken over the GOP, they essentially *are* the #GOP. Climate denial is the sine qua non of GOP leadership. In the 2010 election cycle, for example, not a single Republican nominee for a Congressional seat was willing to accept the theory of anthropogenic climate change.” — Jonathan Zasloff
#MichaelShermer has been a big voice in the skeptical community that I consider myself a part of, but AFAICT his greatest talent is tiling at windmills.
https://legal-planet.org/2013/02/10/false-equivalence-watch-michael-shermer/
False Equivalence Watch: Michael Shermer - Legal Planet
Faced with the inconvenient truth that Republican Party has declared war on science, some conservatives have decided to retreat to false equivalence: yes, the GOP is the home of modern Luddism, but the Democrats are just as bad. This is a move perfected by many mainstream columnists, who condemn both parties for failing to adopt … Continue reading "False Equivalence Watch: Michael Shermer"