# climate change deniers **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 12, 2012, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-deniers/637490 "2012-10-12T06:10:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2012, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-deniers/637490/3 "2012-10-12T07:33:28Z")
Found it: [Mods, you are playing their ignorant game if “climate change deniers” is offlimits](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=661469). 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): > [@Mods, you are playing their ignorant game if "climate change deniers" is offlimits.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mods-you-are-playing-their-ignorant-game-if-climate-change-deniers-is-offlimits/630931/49): > > > [@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) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/climate-change-deniers/637490)._