As with liberalism in general, opponents of intelligent design wish to muzzle alternative presentation (as seen when conservative speakers are blacklisted or shouted down when they attempt to speak on University Campuses) .
If the man-from-monkey crowd are secure in the correctness of their theories, believing that in honest debate their view will prevail, then why are they attempting to "burn the books" of those with an alternative view?
Bingo.
>>If the man-from-monkey crowd are secure in the correctness of their theories, believing that in honest debate their view will prevail, then why are they attempting to "burn the books" of those with an alternative view?<<
You don't see a difference between not wanting to be ordered to teach something they don't believe has a scientific basis versus book burning.
They don't. Science simply demands the same thing from IDers that it demands from evolutionary theory - if you want your theory taught in schools, you need to do research, submit papers for peer review, subsequently allow those papers to undergo scrutiny by the community at large, then have your major discovery published in one of the more major journals, at which point science textbook writers include your theory in college level textbooks, and eventually, if the theory is appropriate in comprehension level, it enters the secondary school teaching arena.
What IDers and creationists demand instead is special treatment, a.k.a. affirmative action for their theory, when its advocates aren't even really participating in the scientific method to start with.
Sort of like football fans complaining that the referee won't count imaginary touchdowns for one side just because their opponents have stronger players.
On the contrary, the CRIDers have been trying, for more than a hundred years, to suppress the ToE. Having failed in that attempt, they are now trying to "drown out" the theory with the white noise of ID, much like a kid who yells "NA-NA-NA" at the top of their lungs when someone else (usually an adult) is trying to speak sense to them.
If the man-from-monkey crowd are secure in the correctness of their theories, believing that in honest debate their view will prevail, then why are they attempting to "burn the books" of those with an alternative view?
Wha a cute little strawman you made! We should put that up on the fridge! Again, though, your strawman bears a striking resemblance to ID. Book burning? Lord knows there are plenty of them around, since evo-bashing is so profitable. But that's never been the way of science. All you have to do is get yourself some evidence and you'll have a chair at the big boys table. Or you can continue learning from the libs and use the "affirmative action" approach. You know, where qualifications are rendered irrelevant in light of diversity?