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AlBell said:
I didn't intend to call you a troll. Sorry though.
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Well, I certainly didn't intend to imply that you intended to call me a troll so I'm sorry as well. It was just the only joke that came to mind at the time and please remember that while all poodles are dogs not all dogs are poodles.
 
RandFan said:
Sorry if someone has already posted this.

Dan Cardamon - Three years after Elevatorgate

So RW is still milking her hate mail (or others are doing it for her). A straw man and false dichotomy to boot.

Watson. If you really wanted to further skepticism and critical thinking you would stop picking at the scab.

Dawkins has class and has moved on. Watson is clinging to her 15 minutes. She relishes this.
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I'm not sure how seriously you should take that video, given that it's presented by a character, rather than a real person. He's really called Jeremiah, and he's the same person who made the excellent video "A Conversation With My 12 Year Old Self:

 
s_pepys said:
given their historical inability to deal with trolls. id say that an online conference could go very badly indeed.

maybe thats the plan.
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It doesn't seem they've thought this out well, given that their demonstrated ability to deal with trolls is essentially nil and the very nature of online conferences lends itself so very well to trolling.

The Q&A sessions could be mind-blowing.
 
jhunter1163 said:
It doesn't seem they've thought this out well, given that their demonstrated ability to deal with trolls is essentially nil and the very nature of online conferences lends itself so very well to trolling.

The Q&A sessions could be mind-blowing.
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I hope if this happens, that it's open to all.

But I could see them setting it up, giving the time, password, etc. in their super secret secret forums, just so outsiders can't get in.
 
Just when you thought things at A+ couldn't get any stupider, they have to go and prove that idea wrong.

It seems, at least according to super special snowflake chemgeek, that the words "screaming and shouting" are a sexist dogwhistle that, apparently only she and the other A+ mods can hear.

Check out the following exchange from their Mods=Capricious thread.

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Using the phrase "screeching and shouting" is a sexist dogwhistle. A predominantly male group of protesters protesting something not gender-charged would not have their protest shouts and chants called "screeching and shouting". They would probably not have their demeanor targeted at all
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the recently banned poster AmirTut said:
I'm pretty much sure I said "Screaming" not "screeching" but then again I'm dyslexic. So let me carefully check my post. LOl, I've been saying "screening" but I meant "Screaming". So yeah I wasn't saying "screeching", they were literally screaming and shouting.
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chemgeek said:
My argument still stands with screaming and shouting instead of screeching. I repeat: if it was an Occupy protest, would you have called such behavior screaming and shouting, or would you have called it protesting?
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So screeching, screaming and shouting are now presumably verboten on A+

excuse me

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
 
Or you could, you know, leave them alone.

Come on now. I've been as critical of their arguments and conduct as anyone. And I don't think there would be anything wrong with, say, attending their conference because you're actually curious about what they're saying although you expect to disagree. But what would you hope to gain by poking at them?

(Not responding to the previous post but to several from before that.)
 
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Myriad said:
Or you could, you know, leave them alone.

Come on now. I've been as critical of their arguments and conduct as anyone. And I don't think there would be anything wrong with, say, attending their conference because you're actually curious about what they're saying although you expect to disagree. But what would you hope to gain by poking at them?

(Not responding to the previous post but to several from before that.)
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It's fascinating and a little scary to watch otherwise sane and skeptical people turn into "storm the castle, kill the monster" zealots. The other side suddenly becomes demons and 'my' side all turn into heroes and saints while anyone who doesn't spout the dogma is stoned and cursed.

When the subject of actually disrupting a meeting is brought up it's greeted with cheers and approval, nobody seems to want to admit that they are acting in the very way they are condemning.
 
rustypouch said:
But I could see them setting it up, giving the time, password, etc. in their super secret secret forums, just so outsiders can't get in.
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Well, duh...it has to be a "safe space". (Don't even get me started on how dumb the idea of an "online conference" is! Why not just call it what it is...a chat room? If these morons weren't the laughingstock of skepticism already...)
 
RandFan said:
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

Myers, by his own account, obtained a pass code for a private conference call and interrupted the meeting. If you don't like the above source let me know and I'll provide another. It is no secret and Meyers details the account himself.
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Also found this gem:

Vox Day on the issue of atheism and obesity

See also: Overweight atheist PZ Myers posing with some young overweight fans

In 2011, the theist Vox Day had an individual complain about the notion that the atheist community has a problem with obesity (Please see: Atheism and obesity). As a result, on May 19, 2011, Vox Day released a blog post entitled Mailvox: now, who said atheists are fat? where 80% of the people taking a picture with PZ Myers were overweight and PZ Myers was overweight in the picture as well as can be seen HERE.[20] The picture was originally posted on PZ Myer's blog Pharyngula by Myers on May 16, 2011 and an online argument quickly ensued concerning the appearance of the photograph's participants.[21]




Fatty!! was an insult I last heard in the third grade.

If you're choosing Vox Day as a mentor and Conservapedia as an authority then it would seem that rational discussion is impossible.


ETA: I followed the whole incident when it was happening and I seem to remember certain details different than that account but all I have to do is type PZ and I'm sure you'll see nothing but red.
 
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jhunter1163 said:
Someone ought to send a link to this to 4chan. Our intrepid SJWs might never come out of their rooms again.
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I've had the suspicion for over a year that all of these supposed rape and death threats from "skeptics" were bored teenagers trolling something they saw on a Twitter feed or 4chaners responding to a thread there.

Who knows. Perhaps the desire to threaten women who dare to speak up is endemic amongst skeptics and atheists... but Occam's Razor tells me it's a bunch of douchebags with too much on-line time on their hands having fun at the expense of drama queens.
 
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