Quantact Wrote:You'd be surprised at how many flamewars I've seen/been in over calling Hitler scum. A lot of scum even today regard him as a hero. They aren't very modest about speaking out on his behalf.
Murderer can be considered as an objective substantive, and inhuman can be either positive, negative or neutral, so that's also out of the question. However, scoundrel and scum usually refers to people you consider as negative beings, doing something bad to the world. And that's where your objectiveness fades away, as you cannot use this without stating what point of view you're viewing from. "Hitler was a scum" is not an objective phrase, as some people does not consider Hitler as a scum. If Hitler were a direct murderer, or an indirect one may also be questionable. I don't know if Hitler killed anyone apart from himself, and even then, you have to question whether suicide is murder or not. Sheesh, too much.
From my point of view though, calling Hitler a scum would not usually turn into a flamewar, but it could possibly question your objectivity.
But, general, flaming/forum bashing/forum trolling can easily be stated as "Direct and/or indirect critic of a forum which is either subjective or may create a high-tempered discussion if someone from said forum came over and noticed said thread."