Hey, Doc, what's up? (I've always wanted to say that)
"Nor do any other Creationists. They are like the moderate Muslims and just keep silent."
Part of the reason for that is the concept that 'an enemy of my enemy is my friend'. The same for the evo camp.
I see some wild-eyed accusations made by evos against Creationists, and (heavens forbid) proponents of ID! Rarely do I see someone within the Evo ping list smack down another evo supporter. Rarely do I see someone within the Creation side take another supporter to task, either.
Perhaps the mood, and histrionics, of these threads could be mollified some if there was some 'imposition authority' within the two camps.
Well, to go off on a bit of a tangent, this latest fad of attempting to undermine evolution by painting Charles Darwin as a racist has led me to lose what little respect I had for creationists. The argument is such a total and obvious fallacy on several levels that I can only conclude anyone who advances it is either a wretched dissembler or a mental juvenile. I'm probably offending someone right now, but so be it!
I do see scientists saying things like..."check this link..it shows evidence for the hamburgeraceae diverging from the snackfudaceae ancestral forms more thant 10KYA when the earliest student mammals acquired running shoes"
The response ususally includes "Thanks"
It tends to pass unnoticed because the information is more important that the position.
I hereby give permission and approval to anyone who posted such a response to one of my comments to post it here. I know it's happened. Off to work now.
I've done it openly in threads, but only in rare, egregious cases. It's usually done by freepmail. And it's done quite a bit, actually. I've never, however, seen a creationist criticized for posting fraudulent quotes, or other clearly discredited arguments. Some will repetitively post the same material. They even get praise from their fellow creationists for refusing to back down. Nothing even remotely comparable to that happens on the evolution side.
Then again, I am definitely generalizing, and as soon as I adapt to the latest tactic, I'll get over it! =)