Hi Harriet
I call them sceptics when I'm being polite. The term 'deniers' is objected to by some people because of connotations with Holocaust deniers (though I read somewhere that the term originates from Freud), but the pernicious deniers I feel are more akin to those people who were collaborators with the nazis, so 'collaborators' might be a more apt term. That said, I expect most of the sceptics out there in society are merely duped, or afraid that the scientists are right, so they find it easier to believe the misinformation vomited by a minority of dishonest or stupid journalists. Tom
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Subject: war of the words
when did we agree to call them sceptics? I know the press does so but
deniers is the accurate term for the mercenaries at least
Harriet
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