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Originally Posted by Undertoad

So what Plait is now anxious about is that the rhetoric he loves so well on his favorite topic is now being co-opted -- for example the word "deniers" is now being applied to anti-vaxers.

Reading clod's link I see "denier" used once, and that's the reference to Chris Mooney's article which uses the word in the title. If he was concerned about the word being cooped why would he link to a place doing that? I think your reasoning is faulty on that point. Just because he is rabid about anthropomorphic global warming and not rabid about vaccinations, doesn't make him a hypocrite so I don't follow your reasoning?