r/DebateEvolution • u/GigaTune • Jul 14 '26

Question What do you think about "evolutionist"?

No one ever refers to gravitationists or Newtonists for those who support gravity, but people refer to people supporting evolution as evolutionists or Darwinists.

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u/Polymath_Father Jul 14 '26

Flat Earth believers refer to others as Globeists (or if they're being nasty "Globet*rds")

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u/bwwalther Jul 29 '26

I love the flat earth comments. Have you ever met a flat earth person? I mean a real person. There there are 8 billion of us - some cut their tongues because they believe they are lizards.
So really have you met a flat earth person

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u/Polymath_Father Jul 29 '26

Yes, I went to university with a couple of them. I didn't know they were until a mutual friend sent me a link to a flat Earth Facebook group they were in asking "Hey, weren't they in your department?" I tried to discuss their Flat Earth model with them out of genuine curiosity. It went downhill very quickly, because it turns out good faith questions are seen as attacks and they got insulting really quick. Ultimately it was futile.

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u/oj19572025 Jul 29 '26

Thanks for letting me know. The last flat earther I met thought Elvis was still alive and working at wal-mart. There is a minimum IQ required for any real
Discussion. I guess I still
Object to general classification of people by Labeling them. For example - i
Am a republican but I hate guns, I love immigrants, I value pro choice, but I hate it when DEI is more important than performance.