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Open Thread: July 2010, Part 2

9th Jul 2010

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SilasBarta16y40

Slashdot having an epic case of tribalism blinding their judgment? This poster tries to argue that, despite Intelligent Design proponents being horribly wrong, it is still appropriate for them to use the term "evolutionist" to refer to those they disagree with.

The reaction seems to be basically, "but they're wrong, why should they get to use that term?"

Huh?

ata16y30

Slashdot having an epic case of tribalism blinding their judgment?

I haven't regularly read Slashdot in several years, but I seem to recall that it was like that pretty much all the time.

2JoshuaZ16y

There's a legitimate reason to not want ID proponents and creationists to use the term "evolutionist" although it isn't getting stated well in that thread. In particular, the term is used to portray evolution as an ideology with ideological adherents. Thus, the use of the term "evolutionism" as well. It seems like the commentators in question have heard some garbled bit about that concern and aren't quite reproducing it accurately.