{"id":24005,"date":"2016-09-13T13:11:55","date_gmt":"2016-09-13T17:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=24005"},"modified":"2016-09-13T13:14:53","modified_gmt":"2016-09-13T17:14:53","slug":"rare-consensus-public-overwhelmingly-opposes-politicians-persecuting-organizations-questioning-global-warming-alarmism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/24005\/rare-consensus-public-overwhelmingly-opposes-politicians-persecuting-organizations-questioning-global-warming-alarmism\/","title":{"rendered":"Poll:  Public Overwhelmingly Opposes Persecution of Climate Alarm Realists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The political tyranny du jour among climate change alarmists is leveraging the power of the state to persecute anyone who contradicts their orthodoxy using actual facts and data. \u00a0As <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/commentary\/42-constitution-and-legal\/3156-climate-alarmists-finding-themselves-on-the-other-end-of-judicial-system\" target=\"_blank\">we&#8217;ve highlighted<\/a>, that abusive effort has blown up in their faces, including countersuits from targeted organizations.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more good news to report: \u00a0The persecutors&#8217; effort has hit a thud in terms of public opinion as well. \u00a0In an election season marked by narrow partisan divisions, a new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/current_events\/environment_energy\/most_still_oppose_government_prosecution_of_global_warming_critics\" target=\"_blank\">Rasmussen survey<\/a> demonstrates a rare degree of public consensus against politicians hoping to silence climate realists:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Attorneys general in 15 states are attempting to prosecute corporations and individuals that they believe are misleading the public about global warming. \u00a0Their action, which critics claim is a violation of free speech, has prompted a Congressional investigation. \u00a0Most voters continue to believe that the scientific debate about global warming is not over, and oppose government action against those who question it. \u00a0A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 69% of likely U.S. voters oppose the government investigating and prosecuting scientists and others, including major corporations, who question global warming. \u00a0Just 15% favor such investigations.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s rare to find a 69% to 15% public agreement on anything these days, but it&#8217;s worth celebrating that despite the constant onslaught of demonizing rhetoric from climate change alarmists, the overwhelming majority of Americans continue to reject their agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The political tyranny du jour among climate change alarmists is leveraging the power of the state to persecute anyone who contradicts their orthodoxy using actual facts and data. \u00a0As we&#8217;ve highlighted, that abusive effort has blown up in their faces, including countersuits from targeted organizations. There&#8217;s more good news to report: \u00a0The persecutors&#8217; effort has [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,205,991,85,1389],"class_list":["post-24005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-posts","tag-climate-change","tag-global-warming","tag-poll","tag-rasmussen","tag-survey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24005"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24009,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24005\/revisions\/24009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}