I had no idea anyone was taking pictures. Candids! Photo by Beth Zucker I was talking to Michael DeDora about Imad and Waleed and the Bangladeshi atheists, or rather he was talking to me about them, since his office (CFI’s Office of Public Policy) works on these issues.
Category Archive: Notes and Comment Blog
May 21 2013
A beseeching gesture this time
It’s like this, you see… Also by Monica Harmsen. That’s the panel I was on.
May 21 2013
If the pepper spray doesn’t work
Dave’s turn to demonstrate throttling techniques, this time from below. Also by Monica Harmsen.
May 21 2013
Just grab it
But we don’t want to let all this mishegas overshadow the brilliance of the actual conference, do we. No we don’t. So time to post some happy place stuff. Like pictures for instance. Monica Harmsen took this. She’s a friend and a CFI intern. I really don’t remember what I was saying to Dave Silverman …
May 21 2013
#RDFbullies
Update May 21 see update below. Oh good god. Really? Three posts on CFI about the Women in Secularism Conference – May 17-19 That’s on the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science website. But we’re the bullies. Never forget that. We use our immense ruthless power as bloggers to argue with other bloggers, while …
May 21 2013
Quote of the morning
Amanda Marcotte on a post of Stephanie’s: (By the way, Amanda was at Women in Secularism 2, as you probably know, and she rocks.) I’m sick of being targeted by people who confuse their own unwillingness to say stupid things with feminists using magical powers to stop them from saying it.
May 20 2013
And if you throw that bottle at the wall it will break
Now to look at some of the claims as claims. For instance in A Few Examples of “Shut Up and Listen”: By the way, I am well aware that our communications director in his personal capacity quoted Myers approvingly. Obviously, I disagree with him on this point. The fact of that disagreement does not affect …
May 20 2013
He wants to pull the trigger
A right-wing radio host gives us a look at his inner world. Fringe right-wing radio host Pete Santilli made disturbing comments about Hillary Clinton last week, calling for sexual violence against the former secretary of state because of her alleged involvement in a bizarre conspiracy theory. “Miss Hillary Clinton needs to be convicted, she needs …
May 20 2013
3 weird
I’m ignoring it but this one is just too weird (and I saw it because someone replied and replies always obviate blocking). justin vacula tweeted @AmandaMarcotte @OpheliaBenson Get out, Amanda, you not welcome here. Take your dogma elsewhere (you too, Ophelia) #WIScfi
May 20 2013
Two points
Point one. From the Open Letter to the Secular Community, April 2: Our Approach Here are some things that we plan to do to make our online secular community a place where we can exchange ideas and views instead of insults. We hope that others may also find this approach useful. Moderate blogs and forums. …
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