"Ever go over to DUmmieland and see how nutty they really are over there?"
I've been doing this since around 1990, in many different venues. I think I've seen the worst the dark side has to offer.
If a person got that nutty over here, they'd be zotted in short order. If you want to stay here, you have to be more subtle, but the underlying intellectual dishonesty is the same flavor.
Several of the atheistic evolutionists here are not debating in good faith. They use the same crooked strategems the left uses, and which Scott Adams described pretty well on his blog:
"Turn someones generality into an absolute. For example, if someone makes a general statement that Americans celebrate Christmas, point out that some people are Jewish and so anyone who thinks that ALL Americans celebrate Christmas is stupid. (Bonus points for accusing the person of being anti-Semitic.)
Turn someones factual statements into implied preferences. For example, if someone mentions that not all Catholic priests are pedophiles, accuse the person who said it of siding with pedophiles.
Turn factual statements into implied equivalents. For example, if someone says that Ghandi didnt eat cows, accuse the person of stupidly implying that cows deserve equal billing with Gandhi.
Omit key words. For example, if someone says that people cant eat rocks, accuse the person of being stupid for suggesting that people cant eat. Bonus points for arguing that some people CAN eat pebbles if they try hard enough.
Assume the dumbest interpretation. For example, if someone says that he can run a mile in 12 minutes, assume he means it happens underwater and argue that no one can hold his breath that long.
Hallucinate entirely different points. For example, if someone says apples grow on trees, accuse him of saying snakes have arms and then point out how stupid that is.
Use the intellectual laziness card. For example, if someone says that ice is cold, recommend that he take graduate courses in chemistry and meteorology before jumping to stupid conclusions that display a complete ignorance of the complexity of ice."
In addition to which, several are positively addicted to the practice of attempting to personally discredit the opposition, with a truly creepy degree of malice.
I think I'm about done with this, for the nonce.