Atheism Plus/Free Thought Blogs (FTB)

[Axiom_Blade]

The Aplus crowd on reddit is currently going crazy over a Dawkins tweet

Ah, there's ceepolk.

after how many times he's been told? subconscious misogyny carries about as much water as a clean sieve at this point.

Yeah, Dawkins! How many times did the feminists tell you not to talk about women? How many times?

Sheesh, it's like the guy doesn't know his place, or something.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

Personally, I love the idea that the way to a more equal society is through having a black friend, not because you like them or think they're a nice person, but purely so that every time you do something they can say "well, that wouldn't have been as easy to accomplish, had you not been white".

Some comedian on TV the other day was noting it's more racist to have just one black friend than to have none.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

Reddit and join the online "I hate men" female supremacist rally they're currently holding.

Wow. There's so much about that Reddit and thread to comment on (ArchaengelleDworkin? Really? ), but I this post by ceepolk caught my attention:

I don't want them to die slowly and painfully. I want them to stop trying to talk to me while I'm listening to something on my headphones while reading, working on my phone, or knitting.

I want them to stop {bleep} bothering me because I happen to be out in public and they think they have the {bleep} right to bother me. If I wanted to talk to strangers I'd make eye contact and smile, for {bleep} sake.​

Sounds like she's pretty hot if men can't help themselves and have to accost and chat her up constantly. What a terrible burden.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

I do not know how reputable they are but considering the topic I wouldn't be surprised if it is true.

Conservative News Service founded by Brent Bozo.. Bozell is not a reputable news outlet as they editorialize every news "story" they report.

Checking the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, and the VISTA portal page
https://sites.google.com/a/dpi.wi.gov/dpi-vista-project/home/vista-forum
does, however, provide a link to the "Power and Privilege" links page (all of which appear to be external links).
https://sites.google.com/a/dpi.wi.gov/dpi-vista-project/resources-1/power-and-privilege-resources

 

[jhunter1163]

Love this gem from ceepolk:

No, I won't forget who is speaking.

No, I will not accept this argument.

No, I will not even consider it for a moment, as I reject it.

Sounds like a free-thinker to me...

 

[Quinn]

I this post by ceepolk caught my attention:

I don't want them to die slowly and painfully. I want them to stop trying to talk to me while I'm listening to something on my headphones while reading, working on my phone, or knitting.

I want them to stop {bleep} bothering me because I happen to be out in public and they think they have the {bleep} right to bother me. If I wanted to talk to strangers I'd make eye contact and smile, for {bleep} sake.​

Wow, for once I agree! In fact I have that same reaction when any stranger, regardless of their gender, tries to strike up a conversation when I'm obviously reading, working or listening to something. Does that mean I get to be twice as morally outraged and righteously indignant?

 

[s_pepys]

thunderf00t with a rebuttal to anita sarkeesian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJeX6F-Q63I

bout time he showed up.

 

[s_pepys]

pz is on again. this guy is a kook of the worst kind.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/03/14/we-should-feel-a-sense-of-shame/

horrible anti-skepticism.

 

[KoihimeNakamura]

Eh. I'm more curious if this is an actual trend (I.e Evidence?) Or..?

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

thunderf00t with a rebuttal to anita sarkeesian.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJeX6F-Q63I

bout time he showed up.

I watched the first 5 minutes, and he seemed to be deliberately missing the point and strawmanning her.

 

[Axiom_Blade]

pz is on again. this guy is a kook of the worst kind.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/03/14/we-should-feel-a-sense-of-shame/

horrible anti-skepticism.

What can I do better?

I think that what we should do is appoint PZ the first Pope of Atheism. Obviously, somebody's going to have to decide who is "in" atheism, and who is "out"...who better than him?

We will keep official membership rolls. If anyone is found exhibiting anti-feminist or politically incorrect behavior, they run the risk of being excommunicated.

 

[KoihimeNakamura]

I watched the first 5 minutes, and he seemed to be deliberately missing the point and strawmanning her.

Not the impression I got from the first 2, but I admit I plan to watch at home since I think he kinda was missing the point.

 

[UnrepentantSinner]

Ah, there's ceepolk.

Her lack of self-awareness in this one is priceless.

new rule: if you start a sentence with your unwanted opinion about a group you're not in and then write a comma and the word but, slap yourself, find a member of that group to slap you, and then delete that sentence unfinished.​

 

[Wildy]

Wow. There's so much about that Reddit and thread to comment on (ArchaengelleDworkin? Really? ),...

Looks like someone has discovered the joys of SRS.

...but I this post by ceepolk caught my attention:

I don't want them to die slowly and painfully. I want them to stop trying to talk to me while I'm listening to something on my headphones while reading, working on my phone, or knitting.

I want them to stop {bleep} bothering me because I happen to be out in public and they think they have the {bleep} right to bother me. If I wanted to talk to strangers I'd make eye contact and smile, for {bleep} sake.​

Sounds like she's pretty hot if men can't help themselves and have to accost and chat her up constantly. What a terrible burden.

Personally I'm imagining a montage of situations like a man saying "excuse me" when trying to get past her, or "do you happen to have the time?", or "pardon me, you dropped this".

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

Without offering a position on abortion itself, I just wanted to comment on this comment:

What he argued was "if fetal suffering is present, a person's right to bodily autonomy no longer applies." This argument can only possibly be applied to strip rights from anyone with a uterus[...]

[...]or to protect the rights of foetuses. Surely that's the point under discussion - at which point whose rights trump whose and/or at which point the foetus becomes a person whose rights need protecting.

[...]and given that no equivalent legal dispute exists targeting cis men (no mandatory blood/organ donation? no mandatory insemination? no mandatory adoption?), the end result is oppression and privilege like whoa.

Seems to me that that's an inevitable consequence of biology. I think we're getting into protecting Loretta's right to have babies territory, here.

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

And this one is just ironic:

They both fall very firmly in the "you're not helping. stooooop" category.

Isn't that the whole of FTB/A+?

 

[Squeegee Beckenheim]

Also, how do the A+ers feel about the fact that by using Reddit they're supporting a site which protected child pornographers? Isn't child pornography a big social justice no? Or is it okay because it suits their purposes?

 

[TheGoldcountry]

pz is on again. this guy is a kook of the worst kind.

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/03/14/we-should-feel-a-sense-of-shame/

horrible anti-skepticism.

I see that Dawkins' whole "pig pain/abortion" argument is still flying over their heads and being misunderstood. I wonder if they're even really reading it, or just bouncing indignation and anger off each other in their echo chambers.

 

[TheGoldcountry]

Also, how do the A+ers feel about the fact that by using Reddit they're supporting a site which protected child pornographers? Isn't child pornography a big social justice no? Or is it okay because it suits their purposes?

Actually, I've seen them point that out more than once, and they still rail against a lot of the sites there. They just go where the action is, and can't resist a lot of the juicy white male oppression. It's like blood in the water.

 

[s_pepys]

I watched the first 5 minutes, and he seemed to be deliberately missing the point and strawmanning her.

really? can you expand a bit on that please. after watching the full vid.