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I think a lot of that is due to a determined astro-turfing effort and I'd say this down voted commenter is a part of that. For genuine questions I think answering people is good, but paid astro-turfers always post genuine sounding questions.

It's a newly created account that followers a standard denier strategy and labels scientists deceptive, the poster then implies there is a conspiracy. This has all the fingerprints of a paid astro-turfer.

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No matter how much money this makes, I suspect it's not much, shills will bitterly regret their work later.

Let's direct our anger towards the buyer's, not people who could very well be poor, desperate, disabled (it's one of the few low skilled work from home jobs around) and trying to feed a family.

I write that down for my daughter's daughter when her last crop fails in 2048.

I get what you mean, I believed the same not to long ago. Ultimately though, it's a losing strategy that makes more enemies than friends. We have to bring people with us, not shove them down behind us.

So a poor person who becomes a paid hitman has no culpability in their crimes? This stuff kills people by lying to the world about the harm we're causing. It's deadly serious.

Not no culpability, but when there's 50 other poor people lined up behind it's a shit strategy if you want actual change. That person you're attacking will become a true believer.

And the account is 13 hours old - which adds to the suspicion

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