Cliff Mass
When a meteorologist blogged against a carbon tax proposal supported by his fellow faculty members, he quickly became a target for climate activists, students and colleagues on campus.
The University of Washington's Cliff Mass, a professor of atmospheric sciences with his own weekly weather segment on public radio, accused the College of the Environment of "serious violations of freedom of speech and academic freedom" on his
blog last week.
While his colleagues used their UW affiliations to promote Initiative 1631, a carbon tax proposed by Democratic lawmakers that
failed at the ballot box last November, Mass claims that his opposition "had no connection" to the university.
His personal posts against I-1631 led to a social media campaign by UW students calling him "racist, misogynistic, a climate denier" and worse, Mass wrote.
The Atmospheric Sciences Department even
held a meeting where colleagues and students shamed him for his views, according to the professor, with one issuing "a direct threat." He characterized it as "more like a spectacle at the Roman Coliseum than an academic proceeding at a leading research university."
Mass told The College Fix that he was the only professor at the University of Washington that actively opposed the measure, as far as he knows. He is "unsure" whether he will seek legal counsel to consider his options against UW officials.
Comment: The launch was probably sabotaged by the usual suspects.
Roscosmos chief says Soyuz rocket could have been sabotaged in Kazakhstan before launch
Which makes Putin's response that much more classy.