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2023-08-08 17:57:50 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D3CF3CB34783A3C2643A9BAC34D80C7DBCF8CF18B179E267D5914B1A17DC16CD
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Any Fire is nowadays "caused by climate change". This is an assumption presented as fact. Recently several fires that were initially attributed to climate change turned out to be caused by human arsons. Premature causal attribution is a disinformation technique. https://www.brookings.edu/articles/how-disinformation-evolved-in-2020/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/28/greece-fires-arsonists-extreme-weather https://www.cbsnews.com/news/italy-fire-drone-arson-suspect-arrest-calabria-wildfires-europe-algeria/ https://wildfiretoday.com/2023/06/17/arrest-in-last-summers-oak-fire/
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