[[Image:5712dawkins.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|260px|right|In February 2010On camera, the news organization ''The Telegraph'' reported that [[agnosticism|agnostic]] and staunch [[evolution]]ist [[Richard Dawkins]] was "embroiled in stumped by a bitter online battle over plans to rid his popular internet forum for atheists of foul language, insults and 'frivolous gossip'."<ref name="telegraph">[[creationism|creationist]] question (see: [https://www.telegraphyoutube.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7322177com/watch?v=zaKryi3605g Richard-Dawkinsstumped by creationists' question -in-bitter-web-censorship-row-with-fellow-atheists.html</ref> In addition, Richard Dawkins [[Abrasiveness of Richard Dawkins|has a reputation for being abrasive]Raw footage]).]]
'''Evolution [[syndrome]]''' is the tendency of some people to insist compulsively that human [[evolution]] from animals ''must'' somehow be true, and to spend nearly all of their time pushing that belief on others.<ref>[http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_01]</ref> It is reflected on the [[internet]] by people who devote a significant amount of their postings to pushing their belief in evolution and insisting on [[censoring]] or demonizing alternative views of the issue. They are particularly against teaching any alternative theories to children in school. A childish insistence on [[last wordism]] is a common characteristic of evolution syndrome.
Characteristics of evolution syndrome include:
*Frequent use of bizarre jargon such as "[[quote mining]]," "[[moving the goalposts]]," and "[[Fundementalism|fundie]]"
*A belief that consensus can somehow define scientific truth, even though consensus cannot define mathematical truth
*An utter lack of [[open-mindedness]]
*Utter intolerance for [[Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed|other positions in science]]
*A complete lack of curiosity and knowledge about anything that might contradict [[materialism]], such as [[migration]] and [[homing]]
*[[Deliberate ignorance]] about the [[Bible]], despite its historical value, and even though evolutionists pretend to be learned
*A tendency to be irrational [[atheism|atheists]] (see: [[Causes of atheism]])
*A tendency to favour favor non-democratic political ideals such as [[socialism]] or [[fascism]]
*An over-reliance on academic authority
*A tendency to be easily amused by [[deceit]]
In February 2010, the news organization ''The Telegraph'' reported that [[agnosticism|agnostic]] and evolutionist [[Richard Dawkins]] was "embroiled in a bitter online battle over plans to rid his popular internet forum for atheists of foul language, insults and 'frivolous gossip'."<ref name="telegraph" /> In addition, Richard Dawkins [[Abrasiveness of Richard Dawkins|has a reputation for being abrasive]].
In 2010, the [[Christian apologetics]] website [[True Free Thinker]] wrote:{{cquote|"Scienceblogger [http://scienceblogs.com/principles/2008/04/the_cost_of_not_framing.php Chad Orzel described] the commentators on [[PZ Myers]] ' Scienceblogs.com site [[Pharyngula (blog)|Pharyngula]], and other Scienceblogs.com commentators, as "screechy monkeys."<ref name="truefreetelegraph" >https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/7322177/Richard-Dawkins-in-bitter-web-censorship-row-with-fellow-atheists.html</ref>}}
In addition, there is a widespread problem with [[Atheist bullying|atheist cyberbullying]] on [[YouTube]] toward [[Christian]] and [[creationism|creationist]] YouTube channels. [[CreationWiki]] has developed a web page entitled [http://creationwiki.org/Creationist_YouTube_video Creationist YouTube video] designed to show creationists how to thwart atheist/evolutionist cyberbullies.