[dang]

I don't disagree, but calling names is noise, not signal. "Woo" is certainly one of those names. We just don't notice it because most of us happen to agree. But the mechanism is just as harmful here as it is anywhere else. It closes thought rather than opening it.

[joshuapants]

If I were referring to a scammer, a con-artist, or a black-hat hacker would I be calling names or merely describing their professions?

[dang]

I don't know.