Rebecca has a blistering post on cowardice in the atheist/skeptic “movement.” She starts with an Australian military guy, Chief of Army Lieutenant General David Morrison, addressing a major harassment problem with the kind of emphasis and restrained but real ferocity that we can only dream of coming from the “generals” of the movement. Rebecca transcribed …
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May 10 2013
Then the community can embrace
I know of two people who heard Jamy Ian Swiss say this before his talk at Orange County Freethinkers. One source is a comment on Unity through shouting. A person asked him: “Do we like Matt Dilahunty?”. His response was that Matt was OK but that the biggest asshole there was PZ Myers and he …
Mar 17 2013
QED panel on god belief
QED has released the video of the panel “A Question of God” from last March. The panel is moderated by Paula Kirby and has Maryam Namazie, DJ Grothe, and me. Ironic, isn’t it. It’s as I remembered it – fun, congenial, entertaining, interesting. That’s why I was so surprised when a few months later Paula …
Feb 21 2013
Explanation provided by Dunning and Kruger
Harriet Hall has yet another post explaining why she’s right and everyone who thinks otherwise is wrong. She says this is the last post on the subject, and thank god for that. This final post is about the T shirt. Like the other two, it’s not impressive. She’s astonishingly unwilling or unable to admit even …
Feb 05 2013
Repairs under way
As you may have seen via this comment on A fabulous Manly Meal, Harriet Hall has a long post on Gender Differences and Why They Don’t Matter So Much. The key point is – Average Differences Don’t Tell Us Anything About Individuals The point that often gets overlooked in these discussions is that gender differences are averages …
Feb 01 2013
I did not compare TAM to Nazi Germany 2
I’m tired of this, so I’m going to set the record straight, even though it’s futile. I did it once last summer, and now I’ll do it again. I did not “compare TAM to Nazi Germany.” The harassers have been posting that version all over the place and it’s a stupid malevolent lie. Here is …
Jan 11 2013
Reasons and something difficult to explain
I’m reading comments (that is, Reasons) on Adam’s petition. They’re heartwarming. I recognize some of the names, but most I don’t. That’s good. As a relatively new father of a girl, I wish for the world in which she will grow up to be as inclusive of people of all genders for the betterment of …
Aug 20 2012
Rape, legitimate and illegitimate
Round 873 of “there’s rape and then there’s just getting a little frisky.” Naomi McAuliffe lays it out. Yesterday, US Representative Todd Akin reinvented female biology by telling us that we can’t get pregnant from “legitimate rape”. But there is a rich history of rape being redefined to suit the occasion; whether it is former …
Aug 02 2012
The jerk filter
Zinnia reports a slightly rude introduction to life at Freethought Blogs. She didn’t realize, when she joined, that there would be people bouncing up every few minutes to squawk “FTB!!” in feigned alarm/concern/disgust. (We’re going to have to make it a policy to warn people about this before inviting them to join.) She doesn’t mind, though; …
Jul 14 2012
Another Alex speaks up
Alex Gabriel has an excellent, thorough, detailed, courteous reply to Paula Kirby. He makes an important point at the beginning that has been steadfastly ignored both by Paula and by many of her supporters in this dispute. I know that, as I think your letter hints, feminist skeptics including at FreethoughtBlogs have disagreed with you before and …
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