Ethics

The Washington Times Kills an Irony Meter

By Ed Brayton

Before the Washington Times closed up shop, they did give us one more hilarious bit of chutzpah with an editorial column claiming that global warming was a cult. No, seriously:

Belief in global warming had long had a tinge of theology about it, a form of cultism that adherents and defenders elevated to a holy crusade.

Someone who works for the Rev. Sun Myung Freaking Moon just called something else a cult. They don't make irony meters strong enough to withstand that kind of blow.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on December 10, 2009 (boomark / email).