tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post4050238998042867471..comments2024-03-25T05:30:23.847+11:00Comments on HotWhopper: A climate science denier, John Barry, loses his #climate cool on TwitterSouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-23489760633949774392016-12-30T21:30:54.486+11:002016-12-30T21:30:54.486+11:00It's not DK. It is agitprop.It's not DK. It is agitprop.cRR Kampenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07571285063752477448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-44056965631944420302016-12-29T23:49:31.137+11:002016-12-29T23:49:31.137+11:00Do we know this guy even really exists - might he ...Do we know this guy even really exists - might he just be yet another sock puppet?Millicentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-86600356103394690112016-12-29T22:40:09.124+11:002016-12-29T22:40:09.124+11:00Ya gotta admit, that reverse image search is reall...Ya gotta admit, that reverse image search is really handy. You know the photos of the internet 'psychics' you see plastered all over the place, like Mystic Meg? 95% at least are stock photos. Hers is real, though.metzomagichttp://metzomagic.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-15875203482970822292016-12-29T20:58:10.463+11:002016-12-29T20:58:10.463+11:00... I ean, MORE of a fool.... I ean, MORE of a fool.Ceisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03937555515901164382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-89340311944774217772016-12-29T20:37:20.825+11:002016-12-29T20:37:20.825+11:00I think the main reason Trump doesn't like Pre...I think the main reason Trump doesn't like Press conferences could be that political journalists who have been around awhile, are far more informed on a whole range of issues than Trump is, and he doesn't want to look like a fool. Ceisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03937555515901164382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-80535699927961036702016-12-29T13:20:16.033+11:002016-12-29T13:20:16.033+11:00D.C.Peterson.
"I think "John Barry"...D.C.Peterson.<br /><br />"I think "John Barry" is playing to his audience, i.e., his followers."<br /><br />Correct. He knows he can get instant approval and retweets by using this tactic.<br /><br />I don't find it novel, the MSM have been using the tactic of "pandering to your readers prejudices" all the time. There is a classic "Yes, Minister" episode on it.<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGscoaUWW2MAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872802685104293884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-69838825311409211362016-12-29T12:51:20.271+11:002016-12-29T12:51:20.271+11:00The pro-Trump twitter bots so much in evidence at ...The pro-Trump twitter bots so much in evidence at Trump's twitter account before the election seem to have been replaced by anti-Trumpites. His tweets get hundreds of hits just in the first couple of minutes after he posts them so the first lot are probably automated responses.<br /><br />http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/11/election-bots/506072/<br /><br />Before the election, a lot of his tweet replies were just for selling t-shirts, or were nothing but meaningless twaddle - obviously automated bots. The replies I see now are more likely to be related to the tweet.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-54593082528306484162016-12-29T12:43:09.520+11:002016-12-29T12:43:09.520+11:00True. But his Yuge ego might think it's worth ...True. But his Yuge ego might think it's worth it? Of course that would quickly be reported in the mainstream media. But as his followers have now been convinced that MSM is fake news and only places like Infowars and Breitbart report "The Truth!", they wouldn't believe it? Who knows? It's almost starting to feel like 1984.Ceisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03937555515901164382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-82164593929965008822016-12-29T12:13:28.588+11:002016-12-29T12:13:28.588+11:00He'd need to hire a full-time staff to block t...He'd need to hire a full-time staff to block tweeters, and would wind up with tens of millions of blocks.D.C.Pettersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078422582348328238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-48658883198494363032016-12-29T12:07:11.816+11:002016-12-29T12:07:11.816+11:00It's no surprise that Trump uses Twitter inste...It's no surprise that Trump uses Twitter instead of facing a Press conference. His tweets are currently attracting a lot of commenters who mock him and debunk his lies. How long till he wakes up to the fact that he can just block these commenters and leave all the "Go Trump! We love you! Make America Great Again!" comments?Ceisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03937555515901164382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-61490030659116186582016-12-29T03:15:06.816+11:002016-12-29T03:15:06.816+11:00the person they want to receive their last word ca...<i>the person they want to receive their last word can't see it </i><br><br />I think "John Barry" is playing to his audience, i.e., his followers. He isn't interested in having a conversation. He's interested in bluster. If he makes pronouncements addressed to you, and you don't answer, he thinks his followers will assume his point was so brilliant you were stunned into mute humiliation or admiration. Blocking you achieves that illusion.<br /><br />This syndrome has become increasingly prevalent, a form of bullying with roots in justified insecurity born of incompetence. A bully who knows he's unable to compete will alter the rules so competition is impossible. We're seeing it throughout America right now, as the ruling party--which is a shrinking minority of the population--changes voting regulations to make it increasingly difficult for the other party's voters to vote. They can't win on level ground, so they change the ground.<br /><br />A seemingly worldwide celebration of ignorance spreads, being endorsed and encouraged by right-wing forces who are frightened by the world's diversity and by the tolerance which must be accepted for peace to continue. Bigots have just cause to be frightened, because their narrow and ill-informed worldview cannot survive if other cultures are allowed to exist. Reality encroaches rapidly upon the gated communities of their white-pride dominions. To maintain their illusion of superiority, they must pretend the world outside their walls either doesn't exist or is hostile enough to justify the walls they erected.<br /><br />Trumpism provides permission for this desperate self-insulated bulling. Expect more of it in the coming years.<br /><br />D.C.Pettersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05078422582348328238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-8524133776596995762016-12-29T01:53:22.845+11:002016-12-29T01:53:22.845+11:00Indeed:)
http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-man-fur...<a href="http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Internet_tough_guy" rel="nofollow">Indeed</a>:)<br /><br />http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-man-furrowing-brow-portrait-5849985.htmlSouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-77827152000119651082016-12-29T01:36:05.608+11:002016-12-29T01:36:05.608+11:00I think he's suffering from "internet tou...I think he's suffering from "internet tough guy" syndrome.Millicentnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-6429969859600121392016-12-29T01:09:16.314+11:002016-12-29T01:09:16.314+11:00"I sometimes find they use the blocking to be..."I sometimes find they use the blocking to be able to have the lsat word."<br /><br />Which is pretty funny when you think about it and realise that the person they want to receive their last word can't see it :) (A lot of deniers seem to be thick as a brick.)<br /><br />I just checked my block list. It has about 10 accounts, mostly spam (pure advertising) or porn. I occasionally mute accounts for being too intrusive - including over-enthusiastic climate hawks as well as abusive climate science deniers. Their tweets don't clog my timeline, but they can still see mine.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-58698544657950873852016-12-29T00:57:51.328+11:002016-12-29T00:57:51.328+11:00"asks you a question out of the blue, then pr...<i>"asks you a question out of the blue, then promptly blocks you when you answer"</i><br /><br />I sometimes find they use the blocking to be able to have the lsat word. I think they think they have won the argument if they have the last word.<br /><br />On Trump and the IPCC. I think there will be a lot of push-back and he will find it far harder to disrupt honest activities than he thinks. And if he goes too far he will find a lot of resistance from everyone. Jammy Dodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360437479098314946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-74927319229605827652016-12-29T00:49:16.019+11:002016-12-29T00:49:16.019+11:00Yes. I'm not against blocking or being blocked...Yes. I'm not against blocking or being blocked as such. There are some people on Twitter who behave in a very ugly fashion and who wants them in their tweet stream? It's when a person asks you a question out of the blue, then promptly blocks you when you answer that I find peculiar.<br /><br />Oh, the other thing that was in my mind when I wrote the article, was it was an opportunity to address the question of whether Trump can influence the IPCC. Undoubtedly he, with the connivance of Republicans, can cut funding to climate science, which will have an adverse effect on how much more we will learn about climate in the next four years and beyond. However he won't be able to force the IPCC to publish rubbish instead of science. Plus, there are a lot of scientists with tenure at US universities, and I can't see how he can stop their research (although he might be able to chop some of their research funding).<br /><br />Science in the rest of the world will hopefully continue or we'll be in a real mess sooner rather than later.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-44189249075564756082016-12-29T00:41:10.236+11:002016-12-29T00:41:10.236+11:00Just Twitter idiosyncrasies I think. I could see i...Just Twitter idiosyncrasies I think. I could see it. Then I couldn't. I still cannot - unless I click on your link - and then it works.<br /><br />Thanks for the reply. I was just intrigued why you settled on him. As you say he shows typical behaviour by blocking rather than answering and discussing. I notice that a lot in the Brexit and the Jeremy Corbyn leadership campaign here in the UK. Where people would refuse to discuss/engage and block you. It was as if they could not cope with the reality or the facts. So, there was a lot about abuse, intimidation, antisemitism. But when asked where and why they got their information or ideas the response was to ignore and block.<br /><br />It seems to be the way of the world now. Sigh.<br /><br /> Jammy Dodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360437479098314946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-39195814533794909762016-12-29T00:24:47.981+11:002016-12-29T00:24:47.981+11:00BTW - @CardsFanTX account is active still. I can&#...BTW - <a href="https://twitter.com/CardsFanTX" rel="nofollow">@CardsFanTX</a> account is active still. I can't explain why you couldn't find it.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-17798989849054691602016-12-29T00:22:41.723+11:002016-12-29T00:22:41.723+11:00Yes, there are plenty of types like that on the In...Yes, there are plenty of types like that on the Internet and on Twitter. I don't often bother with them these days. At first, it wasn't clear to me how badly he was into cloud conspiracy land. I simply answered his tweet.<br /><br />I wrote about it because it was too easy, and because it was another fairly common example of a person who puts his toe into the mainstream, only to find he can't handle it after all. His reaction was to block the people with whom he initiates an exchange - but in my case, only after he'd fired off three more tweets that he obviously didn't want me to respond to. That demonstrates another characteristic often seen in deniersville - cowardice. In this case, some would argue, partnered with bullying behaviour.<br /><br />Malcolm Roberts, the conspiracy theorising Senator from Australia does the same thing. His block list on Twitter is probably longer than his list of followers by now.<br /><br />I think it's the same reason that Donald Trump won't hold press conferences. He doesn't think he's up to the challenge of facing people who know a lot more about the world than he does.Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-66712338458022925502016-12-29T00:05:19.002+11:002016-12-29T00:05:19.002+11:00Has he shut down his Twitter account? I cannot fin...Has he shut down his Twitter account? I cannot find him.<br /><br />There must be many denier types like him on the internet. Why, Sou, did this one rankle you enough to write about him? Jammy Dodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08360437479098314946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-57783325823602250082016-12-28T23:45:19.622+11:002016-12-28T23:45:19.622+11:00Now he's calling everyone who challenges him &...Now he's calling everyone who challenges him 'morons' and 'stupid f-ucks', then blocks them. <br /><br />Repeats more fake 'sceptic' memes about ice-ages, then rejects a lecture by Richard Alley from the 2015 NAS symposium on the role of CO2 in earth's climate history as 'hilarious' and calls Richard Alley "a well known AGW crank pushing alarmism for grant $' <br /><br />Oh... and he thinks he 'knows more about this' than anyone else.<br /><br />This is what he believes is being a 'sceptic'Ceisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03937555515901164382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-87926103140441875562016-12-28T21:41:59.617+11:002016-12-28T21:41:59.617+11:00John Barry is virtue-signalling to his followers.John Barry is virtue-signalling to his followers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872802685104293884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-29285315655424144592016-12-28T18:59:01.696+11:002016-12-28T18:59:01.696+11:00Judging by his reliance on long debunked myths, th...Judging by his reliance on long debunked myths, things he could easily check for himself but won't, it's no exaggeration to say that this person has been radicalised.DavidRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-58551489517121129012016-12-28T18:45:30.267+11:002016-12-28T18:45:30.267+11:00Makes me think of my cat, when he was but a tiny f...Makes me think of my cat, when he was but a tiny five week old kitten pretending to be a fierce lion :)Souhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818999735123752034noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2313427464944392482.post-66220273244033803732016-12-28T18:36:00.719+11:002016-12-28T18:36:00.719+11:00The "scowling bloke" photo he uses speak...The "scowling bloke" photo he uses speaks volumes.Millicentnoreply@blogger.com