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DrunkenBoat Donating Member (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-19-11 03:10 AM
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7. "climate change deniers". lol. heretics! the language used proves it.
Edited on Mon Sep-19-11 03:14 AM by DrunkenBoat
every orthodoxy comes up with some version of the language to cut off *all* discussion, to render the entire universe of discussion beyond the pale.

i don't like it. it's all witch-burning to me.

who would want to be a "climate-change denier"? it sounds bad.
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