@non-political
Not every DL necessarily has the status of a “kofer” even though their beliefs (the ones that establish their distinct “DL” identity vs just being a shomer Torah i’mitzvos Jew) are unanimously kefira.
There are many reasons why a person who calls himself DL might not be a certain “kofer”, such as them simply identify with the name DL but not even being aware of the kefira or alternatively they never had access to normative Jewish teachings and will quickly accept the authentic Torah as they get exposed to it.
This is all the same for all types of heretical movements that we suffer from, such as Reform or Sha”tz or MO. The title doesn’t mean much, rather as the Chazon Ish writes (YD 1), we must judge each individual according to their specific situation.
