Cdesign proponentist
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A cdesign proponentist (pl., cdesign proponentsists) is a nickname applied, usually derisively, to someone who is a proponent of either Creationism or Intelligent Design.
The term comes from a textbook, Of Pandas and People, that was the subject of the Dover Panda Trial (Kitzmiller v. Dover). During discovery, it was found that an early draft of the book contained the words "cdesign proponentsists," indicating that the text originally said "creationists" but was later changed to "design proponents." Apparently, an inept editor had failed to select the entire word "creationists" before typing or pasting "design proponents."
The plaintiffs' lawyers argued that this was an attempt to distance Intelligent Design from Creationism, since the teaching of Creationism in schools had been found to be a violation of the First Amendment's Establishment clause. This important piece of evidence helped establish that Intelligent Design was just Creationism renamed, and therefore still fell afoul of the First Amendment.
The term was popularized after PBS aired a documentary on the trial, as a special two-hour edition of NOVA. Since then, the term has been applied to creationists who try to dress themselves up as reasonable scientists, or as reasonable science fans, and fail miserably.
