Is referring to posters as "Dopes" an insult?

[Aspenglow]

Here’s a link to a thread I found with (what I believe is) ECG’s most recent guidance on Giraffe linkage:

What, exactly, is the Giraffe board rule?

For those that don’t know, Giraffe is mostly comprised of current Dopers, ex-Dopers and banned Dopers. They even have current and ex- mods that post there. We know that giraffe people can post pretty much anything about Giraffe, even outright lies. Even lies that mods know are lies. You can even post a link to Giraffe telling people they can go there to discuss the latest on the Dope, like Ed’s thread about restarting the Cecil column. That’s all okay. But if a Giraffe poster tells a lie here,…

This is as close as I could find to any actual rules regarding the Giraffe Board.