EDIT: Damn! I hate being wrong when I'm being self-righteous!
Max pointed out a BBC headline using the word "denier". So I looked it up on-line and sure enough -- at
www.miriamwebster.com they have "denier" as a noun. My dictionary doesn't.
So, my apologies to those I scolded. I was (am) wrong.
Now, a correction I know to be true:
"and as I seez it, the group that's calling the other 'denier' the loudest is the most desperate"
In this situation, you are comparing only two groups so "most" is not appropriate. You should use "more" when there are only two things involved in the comparison. By the same principle you can't use "loudest". So it is "...the louder is the more desperate".
There... now I feel better. I'm back to being self-righteous and am being something of a prick.
Ahhhhhhhhh.....
End EditOK, this off-topic but it's driving me crazy.
There is no word "deniers". (Attempt to)Look it up. Deny is a verb and not a noun. What you are actually spelling is "denier" (den-yay), which is a unit of weight by which silk and nylon stockings are measured.
So..."actually her science is as good as most deniers" would be, "actually her science is as good as most of those who deny".
And now back to our regularly scheduled program.
Barry