Camille Paglia is Sexy and Smart
Of course, that may be just because I agree with a lot of what she says…
Paglia, writing for Salon.com, decided to take questions from readers on a wide variety of topics. Not surprisingly, one of those questions dealt with the topic of global warming.
Many of the points she made in the article are reasonable and yet, nonetheless, have triggered a vituperative string of comments in reply. To gauge how much of a hot button issue global warming is, you need only look at the number of comments generated by Paglia’s article compared to other front page Salon.com articles. As I write this, comments on her article are running about three times those on most other topics.
Among Paglia’s comments are a few that, in any other arena, would seem measured but, in the highly-charged environment surrounding climate change, are greeted with a hostility that is more appropriately associated with Salem in 1692.
Some of those comments:
“I have been highly suspicious for years about the political agenda that has slowly accrued around this issue.”
“From my perspective, virtually all of the major claims about global warming and its causes still remain to be proved.”
“When Gore told a congressional hearing last month that there is a universal consensus among scientists about global warming — which is blatantly untrue — he forfeited his own credibility.”
Paglia noted, at the start of her answer, “Oh, great, here comes the hornet’s nest!”
She was right. I’m just not sure she envisioned how much of a buzz she’d stir up.
global warming, climate change, political agenda, Gore, Camille Paglia, extreme weather, credibility, Paglia, Salon.com
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