[BlueDragon]

"You can't properly hate a group until you can come up with some suitably derogatory name for them."

So --- to tone down the [ahem] discussion, then labeling those whom disagree with some point of view or another, should be avoided?

That is, unless one's aim is to express hatred, albeit as daggers, at first hidden among what argument is otherwise reasonable.

We've all seen plenty of that sort of behavior around here. Those portions of the going-ons, never fail to bring more heat than light, regardless of who is wielding the blades.

[Coyoteman]

So --- to tone down the [ahem] discussion, then labeling those whom disagree with some point of view or another, should be avoided?

Pejoratives should be avoided, yes.

"Darwinist" is a pejorative. So is "Cretard." Neither is helpful in a rational discussion.

Folks slip up sometimes, but those terms should be avoided in a reasoned debate.

[From many - one.]

Just to be clear, the only “namecalling” here hs been done by those who do not understand evolution, using the term “Darwinist” as a pejorative.

Seems kind of one sided to me.