climate change deniers

[Rhythmdvl]

Found it: Mods, you are playing their ignorant game if “climate change deniers” is offlimits.

Note that stemmed from a mod comment in a different thread. The last moderator statement in the ATMB thread was post 64 (out of 134):

@tomndebb

@Fenris

This is Tomndebb making up a brand new rule on the spur of the moment. And it’s a rule I support. I just don’t like the disingenuous “Gawrsh! It’s always been that way” crap.

What new rule are you imagining? Telling various feuding posters to stop pursuing a specific line of abuse for the duration of a specific thread has been a standard practice for years.

@Fenris

So since “denier” is off the table, . . .

It isn’t prohibited in Great Debates. It was prohibited as a direct epithet for a specific thread. With a negated major, your conclusion fails to follow.

On the other hand, referring to other posters with epithets such as “Repugnicans” or “Dumbocrats” is prohibited in Great Debates.

(note that since the nested-quote deniers had their way, this may not be an exact capture of Fenris’ text)