http://ncse.com/climate/denial/why-is-it-called-denial
Well, IIRC even moderators before came to report in other threads that the use of “AGW denier” was kosher as even scientific organizations are realizing that they are encountering the same “logic” as creationists apply to biologists.
But it seems that something has changed in this message board:
http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15364353&postcount=54
As scientific organizations and even skeptics do not mind the term, it seems odd to jump to justify a censorship that only few of them demand.
And I do think the reason is simple, most of the skeptical scientists do realize it is **dumb ** what some followers attempt to do: to claim that proponents are just calling them like “holocaust deniers” :rolleyes:, because that is precisely the boiler plate point they what to make, it is an effort to avoid a term that fits and is proper.
One more point: As the Aji points in the thread with his taunts that I’m not calling him that in his face, it is clear that even he understands that I’m not calling him a denier in the thread, that he is embracing the ones that show a total disregard for the evidence is not my problem. And he is still calling the proponents of AGW deluded.