We deserve to win — on the merits. What is our win if we resort to the Limpbalz tactics?

The “I just wanna win” mentality leaves the door open for the scum in our own party to rise to the top.

Messaging is great! THAT’s what we need and don’t have. Concise messaging for the low information voters. And on that I suspect we can agree. (If we’re so smart, why can’t we figure out how to make jokes, laugh like a fat man, and let go of one liners that exquisitely make our point?)

But, there are cyclones and typhoons and hurricanes in seemingly greater numbers.

Yes, global warming is occuring, yes hurricanes occur, and yes hurricanes occur in the warming environment. But as your quote shows, cause and effect are in the realm of “seemingly”. When you want to fight with facts, don’t introduce possibilities. The facts on global warming and its consequences are clear enough that trying to throw in the hurricane argument is not necessary. Moreover, it just gives the other side an example of “weak link”, literally and figuratively.

Err on the side of ‘Extreme’ caution and don’t engage full bore.

Thanks … now that it is posted, I can’t correct …

Evidently it was not a Jewish hurricane?

If we keep censoring ourselves like this, we lose. Right wingers message EVERYTHING to politicize it, and they don’t particularly care if they have technical clarifications in the fine print, because they know that people don’t really pay attention to the fine print — they pay attention to the main message.

And in this case, the main message should be (in my opinion): “These kinds of hurricanes — more frequent and more severe — are exactly what we would expect in a world whose climate is changing because of human activity.”

Messages with ifs, buts, corrections, footnotes are fine for technical studies and IPCC reports, but these are lost on the general population. Our side doesn’t get that.