NL888 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Is "a claim" referring to "the charge"?
Context:
Subject terms: Sociology
The charge of 'denialist' has the potential to raise the temperature of any discussion of climate change by a few
degrees. It is usually invoked by those who are frustrated either with criticisms of the trustworthiness of climate
science or else with obfuscation about the desirability of taking action on climate change. It is also a claim that
often triggers equally vehement claims of climate change 'alarmism', the result being a collapse of discussion into
the simplistic binary trope of good versus evil.
Subject terms: Sociology
The charge of 'denialist' has the potential to raise the temperature of any discussion of climate change by a few
degrees. It is usually invoked by those who are frustrated either with criticisms of the trustworthiness of climate
science or else with obfuscation about the desirability of taking action on climate change. It is also a claim that
often triggers equally vehement claims of climate change 'alarmism', the result being a collapse of discussion into
the simplistic binary trope of good versus evil.
Top answer
" To charge that someone is a denialist is the same as to claim that someone is a denialist.
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NL888 Is "a claim" referring to "the charge"In a word, "yes."
To charge that someone is a denialist is the same as to claim that someone is a denialist.
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