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Why did you leave out the top voted reply? > So, you seem flummoxed by the downvoting. I'm not sure it's warranted, but here's an explanation so you don't run

Why did you leave out the top voted reply? > So, you seem flummoxed by the downvoting. I'm not sure it's warranted, but here's an explanation so you don't run into it in the future: > Most climate change denialists don't know how science works. Or, if they do, they cynically prey on the public's ignorance. I'm not up to date on sea level data, but even if what you say is true, you didn't just disprove climate change and proved that scientists are a bunch of conspiratorial UN socialists. The most popular reply to that comment here was basically saying "asking questions is denialist, don't do that."

mikeash 10y ago
I didn't leave it out. I devoted an entire paragraph to it. Characterizing it as "asking questions" is completely off base. The flagged comment asked no questions. It merely made statements, all of which were wrong or worse. I'm starting to wonder if you're engaging in this conversation in good faith.
- leereeves 10y ago
  You left out the actual words of that comment (while quoting two others), then you accused me of not acting in good faith. This topic has brought the level of discussion here to record lows. Reply to your edit: If characterizing it as asking questions is incorrect, I apologize. As I said, I haven't seen the actual comment (because someone flagged it, apparently without good reason). Perhaps I should say "raising counterpoints is denialist, don't do that". To me, that's equally unacceptable here.
  - mikeash 10y ago
    "This topic has brought the level of discussion here to record lows." At least we can agree on that, but IMO the blame rests entirely with the people who go out of their way to defend people posting nonsense in an attempt to discredit the entire idea of climate change.
    - leereeves 10y ago
      No serious discussion can forbid disagreement or punish people for not understanding everything already. "Raising counterpoints is denialist, don't do that" should be the recipient of the flags.
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mikeash 10y ago

I didn't leave it out. I devoted an entire paragraph to it. Characterizing it as "asking questions" is completely off base. The flagged comment asked no questions. It merely made statements, all of which were wrong or worse. I'm starting to wonder if you're engaging in this conversation in good faith.

leereeves 10y ago
You left out the actual words of that comment (while quoting two others), then you accused me of not acting in good faith. This topic has brought the level of discussion here to record lows. Reply to your edit: If characterizing it as asking questions is incorrect, I apologize. As I said, I haven't seen the actual comment (because someone flagged it, apparently without good reason). Perhaps I should say "raising counterpoints is denialist, don't do that". To me, that's equally unacceptable here.
- mikeash 10y ago
  "This topic has brought the level of discussion here to record lows." At least we can agree on that, but IMO the blame rests entirely with the people who go out of their way to defend people posting nonsense in an attempt to discredit the entire idea of climate change.
  - leereeves 10y ago
    No serious discussion can forbid disagreement or punish people for not understanding everything already. "Raising counterpoints is denialist, don't do that" should be the recipient of the flags.
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