I'm taking a little hiatus from blogging to celebrate the days getting longer with friends and family, but if you happen to visit while I'm away, check out my piece in the LA Weekly's news section this week about the ACLU, the FBI and the so-called Elves of the so-called ELF.
Since the piece ran, I've had a long -- and, I have to say, mostly pleasant -- conversation with Ron Arnold of the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, the father of the so-called "Wise Use" movement. It's amazing how friendly and ordinary these people sound when you get them on the phone. He told me he believes the scientists who claim the climate is changing have an investment in their research -- "if you say nothing's wrong, you don't get the grant money to continue studying the weather, right?" I told him that sounded like a caricature, and he admitted that it was: "I caricature scientists to make a point," he said.
You could say that I caricatured Ron Arnold to make a point, and I'll do it again when I write a profile of him -- probably in February. I don't think he even minds.
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I'm reading this a bit late in the game (1/14) but had to mention that when my husband, a sociologist, was researching US environmental groups for his book, he found the Wise Use folks more willing than to chat with him than the enviros. He said though he disagrees with Ron Arnold, the guy was very down to earth, candid, etc., whereas reps from some of the bigger "green" groups had a haughty attitude. The latter might want to think about this regarding their PR image.....
Posted on January 14, 2006 7:01 AM by Miranda Spencer
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