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Closed Classify the terms "denier" , "climate denier" or variants thereof as hate speech.

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We the undersigned request that the offensive terms, "climate denier", "denier", "denialist" and other variants being used to harass sceptical scientists or other people who do not ascribe to the hypothesis of man made climate change or man made global warming be classified as hate speech in accordance with the Public Order Act 1986.
Scientists and others should not be subjected to hateful, offensive names in order to diminish their standing or to make them accept a consensus view.

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