Patrick Henry has inspired me with his clever chart entitled "Evolution Troll's Toolkit." His wit is devastatingly sharp.
Mine is no chart, as I am computer-impaired, but just a simple list. These words were used to describe me on the last 200 posts:
"Evolutionists' Favorite Vocabulary"
dumb as a stump
fake
hoax
silent slink-off
Dummy Dance
slippery escape
bogus quote
lie
lying
biggest lie
obnoxiously dishonest
pretends
cop-out
cowardly
cartoonish
mischaracterized
misleading
misinformed
misstatements
discredited
yapping
goofy screwup
grossly distorted
Is this the way scientists talk?
There are a bunch of claims that are easy for CS/IDers to find out there on the web. They are debunked in numerous places on the web, but time after time people who don't believe in evolution go to those sites and come charging into these threads like they found something new.
Most folks here are pretty polite--the first few dozen times they correct the same errors, but eventually patience grows thin. I think you may have arrived at just that time.
One of my specialties is radiocarbon dating, and you would not believe the number of times people go to the same anti-evolution sites and "discover" the magic bullet which will destroy the whole field in one shot. After I see the same thing a dozen times, even I get testy.
The problem is, it is often the same people, on different threads, making the same errors--even after being told the other side of the story--they have to be repeating the same errors deliberately. Most scientists hate errors more than almost anything else, so the reception can be a little sharp.
Anyway, I hope that explains a bit about where you have fit into the discussions here.
When the shoe fits? You bet. You should see how harsh scientific peer review can get when someone isn't being forthright.
If you think any of those were actually used without some justification, feel free to take it up with the author. Speaking for myself, I'll be glad to retract any that weren't actually supportable, if you can show me why they weren't. Until then, however...
Is this the way scientists talk?
It totally turns me off when someone talks or posts that way. I don't care how manly or womanly the poster is, but once they start throwing insults, they are off my radar. There's nothing more appealing than someone who can make an argument without insulting, name-calling, and mentioning the F word. I guess there's always a way to supplement a missing argument when the desire to win overrides the facts.
You're d@mn right it is!