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How is acknowledging that the climate is constantly changing, fall into the category of climate denier?
I'm being negatively voted for asking a question, reminiscent of reddit. Thank you folks.
People are likely downvoting because you used the equivalent of a climate denialism dog whistle. It comes off as bad faith because when most people use the term climate change they mean anthropogenic climate change.