A Mission for MARS: The Success of Climate Change Skeptic Rhetoric in the US
Radio and television broadcasters accuse climate scientists of “promoting a global warming hoax”, recommending that they be “named and fi red, drawn and quartered” (Rush Limbaugh); commit “hara kiri” (Glenn Beck); and be “publicly flogged” (Mark Morano). Conservative media are crucial in promoting...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Polskie Towarzystwo Retoryczne/ Polish Rhetoric Society
2020-07-01
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Series: | Res Rhetorica |
Online Access: | http://resrhetorica.com/index.php/RR/article/view/378 |
Summary: | Radio and television broadcasters accuse climate scientists of “promoting a global warming hoax”, recommending that they be “named and fi red, drawn and quartered” (Rush Limbaugh); commit “hara kiri” (Glenn Beck); and be “publicly flogged” (Mark Morano). Conservative media are crucial in promoting climate skepticism. Likewise, climate skepticism resonates well with white middle-class men. But why does the middle class continue to support “radical” positions? This article focuses on Anti-Intellectualism to explain why climate skeptic rhetoric resonates with “Middle American Radicals” (MARS).
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ISSN: | 2392-3113 |