While it may be logically laughable, it is politically very dangerous to allow the GOP to make a mockery of science. The latest escalation in tactics is the absurd Newspeak denial of reality that rising sea levels are a left-wing term
As both a scientist and a student of history, this kind of verbal bullying is but a prelude to more outright attacks. Below the fold, I will try to remind everyone that the only code words being spoken in this situation are the claims that reporting the facts is somehow a "left wing term" or "liberal code words".
