It's been replaced by nuance instead of fear-mongering and lies. There's a difference.

You can both hold the idea that climate change is happening but it's also not going to completely doom the human race to being wiped off the planet. Extreme fear-mongering by climate sensationalists is every bit as bad as "denialism". In fact it's worse, because you make people believe they're helpless while simultaneously creating a group that reacts violently due to the fact they've been conditioned through fear.