The story I mentioned yesterday has another twist. But first, I need to set a few things straight. Everything about William Swinimer’s “defiant” wearing of the t-shirt that calls non-Christian lives “wasted” smacks of martyrdom to me. In a very small township like Chester Basin, in a school where most of the population is Christian …
Tag Archive: freedom of speech
Apr 04 2012
Trolling to be illegal worldwide (Updated: bill dead!)
Update: The below is mostly nullified as the bill was sent back to the House with amendments, but died anyway. Thank goodness. Of course, all the other non-trolling-related nonsense mentioned below still stands! Well, if you happen to troll someone in Arizona, anyway. Arizona House Bill 2549 passed both legislative houses last Thursday and is …
Feb 08 2012
The man who could not see his own reflection, but thinks he looks Amazing nonetheless
Obligatory trigger warning because HOLY FUCK. There is, suddenly, a lot of to-do about TJ Kincaid, also known as The Amazing Atheist, a provincial and prejudiced man who believes himself to be superior to others by virtue of having figured out the question of God (e.g., “there isn’t one”). A lot of people who have …
Jan 10 2012
Freethought, and freedom to express yourself on someone else’s private property
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