The most disturbing aspect about this debate is the rabid desire of evolution proponents to ridicule and otherwise attempt to marginalize those who would dare to question them.
When the proponents of ID produce a testable hypothesis I promise that we'll start calling it science instead of philosophy. Until then...
Sound familiar? These self-appointed intellectuals can not stop whining and name-calling.
ID is the only reasonable approach to doing science. They know it and they can not tolerate the truth. Let them squirm and whine. Appealing to the NYT sounds the death knell of their extremist pseudo science.
I am curious. Just how should one respond to ridicules ideas that are on the margins of rational thought?
I don't think there's anything rabid about it but if people are going to go out of their way to demonstrate how deliberately ignorant they are and feign proud of it then, it's perfectly natural for educated folks to dismiss and even poke fun at them. It's one thing to deliberately teach superstition, myth, and pig-ignorance to your own children but when people start pressing elected school officials to force it into science class, you've crossed a line and can expect to pay the consequences!