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icelancer
3206 days ago
I know. Unfortunately, as you have alluded to, if I don't say that, I'll be accused of being a climate change denier by somebody.
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averagewall
3206 days ago
But what's wrong with that? People don't mind being called a cognitive priming denier or whatever. Treating it like an insult adds power to its effect.
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tertius
3205 days ago
It's not how one treats it, it's how one is treated when this insult is used.
No possible discussion follows. All opinions, however tame, are outcast.
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