Reply #13: Yes - incredulous looks ftw

[guyanakoolaid]

Once we all learn the incredulous look, none of their name-calling will matter. You could always reverse strategies and use their own form of attack, i.e. just call them the cultists, and probably have far more ammo in your defense. But then it comes down to the fact that they don't care what you think of them, they just want the power and the win, so what you say will really have zero effect upon them, whereas a more community-minded progressive is likely to take the time to wonder if indeed what they are doing is cultish, or why the other side uses these words, or anything far more complex than the simple solution your friend found: the incredulous look. And maybe just some good old-fashioned public scorn (what bad manners should call for).