(September 16, 2014 at 11:50 pm)Celestine Wrote: By militant I mean the utter lack of respect and maturity offered by either side in a discussion.
Well, that's not what the word means. When you misuse it, it's kind of hard to have a meaningful discussion. The closest definition of militant to what you're using is "vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause".
There is nothing in there about disrespect. It's more about impetus and persistence.
