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Have you seen this article about the spread of the trigger warning? I thought the author made some pretty sweet points about the uselessness of trigger warnings...

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/1168 ... -thats-bad

A nice take on how to deal with trolls and how the comment section has become more important than the actual story. "In the same way that I advise my second grader to ignore little boys who taunt her on the playground, I am advising writers to either disable their comments or, if they donâ€™t wanna ...

Dammit:

You CAN'T tackle all the problems at once, you have to focus, this is a distributed effort.

I watched the Jim Norton/Lindy West debate and I liked it a lot. Norton really made a few excellent points. In discussing this with friends a few asked:"She seems to be okay with Holocaust jokes, because, you know, it's not as bad as rape jokes" (which in itself I find problematic). An answer I repe...

A little older... but still interesting. On the subject of "sexual topics at conferences". Violet Blue was supposed to give a talk at a IT security conference ("sex +/- drugs: known vulns and exploits"). B-Sides is a less formal event, so you could argue about how smart it was to have a presentation...

Thank you, John. Well said.

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Huh...
A few interesting points about how the attention the A+ crowd gets from forums like this actually helps their attention-whoring.
http://bitchspot.jadedragononline.com/2 ... -solution/

Sam Harris wrote a nice (if rather long article) called "The Riddle of the Gun". I think it's well worth the read.
http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/the- ... of-the-gun

This seems to go viral as we speak... http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/07/the-saddest-graph-youll-see-today/ While I don't want to downplay the numbers... I really hate sloppy data analysis. If you look at how they came to this graphic, there is a lot to question... http://the...

Oh man! This is an awesome bit on how to counter "check your privilege": [youtube]Dc6SLxOPRrs[/youtube] Thank you for this. Sometimes it just needs someone to point out the obvious. I always felt "check your privilege" was a bad rhetorical device, but now I know which. Dammit, I should have figured...

Justicar has a good "live" response to Matt's video on YouTube. If you don't have time to sit through the whole 30 minutes , make sure you at least watch the 30 seconds from this point for the money shot. I almost choked on my coffee when Matt said that. I can't believe it. http://i.imgur.com/IzSv0...

welch wrote:Latest is up: http://dissentionisnothate.wordpress.co ... ly-adults/

Great post with a bunch of excellent points!

Thankyou Gumby, nice hat.did you steal it from Al'? No, but I put it there as a tribute to Al when he arrived here in all his glory fresh from his stay at FreethoughtBlogs. Now Mykeru, he's a low-down dirty rotten fucking thief. http://i.imgur.com/RPgwe.jpg They're styling, and probably racist. Eve...

I'm feelin' the love, I tell ya. http://beliefblower.com/pix/edbrayton.JPG http://www.alstefanelli.com/git.jpg YOU BASTARD!!! Lmfao Woohoo!!!!! So, let's recap: I'm a "chill girl", a misogynist, and now a bastard. It's like a trifecta! Now, if Renee was a customer paying for ads on FTB, Ed's tweet ...

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I've read a number of articles from different sources on the aftermath of the shooting and the immediate discussion on gun control issues. The thing I find personally fascinating is the reaction in the comments even on very liberal websites. I stumbled over this one in Jezebel, where people who make...

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I mean, yes it's sad that having an incurable, sexually transmitted disease is bad for one's sex life, but that doesn't mean that the ethical responsibility to pre-inform is not there. Personally, I think all of the excuses given for not having to tell unless asked, are a front for a single selfish...

Wow. This whole HIV story is so mind-boggling surreal. I am waiting for HG to come out with: "Ta-dah! Trolled all of you!"

There's too many relevant parts to excerpt them all, so I'll just lay this here: http://www.spiked-online.com/site/reviewofbooks_article/13130/ That's a brilliant article! "Not only are they saying that people are incredibly psychologically weak; theyâ€™re also putting themselves in charge of who g...

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I am a bad person. I say horrible things and I should feel bad about myself.

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Hm... I always find it interesting when people are skeptics and rational thinkers, but when it comes to a personal favorite (or pet peeve) they suddenly throw skeptical inquiry overboard and get very defensive and emotional. I have several friends who still go to AA meetings and swear on its efficac...

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Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Mykeru wrote:
John Greg wrote:Hmm. I don' see nuttin'?
It helps if you are about 2 feet back and cross your eyes slightly.
With a bread loaf of bread on your head and a cucumber in your mouth. At least, that's what it took me.

Wow! This is a crazy picture. Once you get it...

And fuckers like Matt Dillahunty, while only minor-league evil, has participated in, or at best looked the other way, while the atheist and skeptical community is compromised by ideologues carrying out a campaign of lies, distortions, vilification of opposition, harassment, interference in people's...

On my way back from Atlanta I was on the same flight with Matt Dillahunty and his wife. I saw them waiting in the boarding area and thought about going over for a chat, but then I decided not to. They were on their way back from SK 5 and it was lateâ€¦ I respect Matt a lot, even after the whole Dill...

Wow. That's wonderful. Nice to meet you... but Texas, that's a bit like moving to Bavaria, hm? Could you give Dillahunty a smack on the back of his head for me? ;) Austin is a little liberal dot in the middle of Bibleland. The comparison to Bavaria is more than apt. Aw man, this is so sad about Mat...

zou3gou3 wrote:@Arya Stark
You're from DÃ¼sseldorf?

No way! I am from DÃ¼sseldorf too. I moved to Austin, TX in 2005. Small world indeed!

Tony Parsehole wrote:Here's mine:
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So close!

Anything missing?
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Aw, man, the poor people at Slate who come to the discussion without any previous knowledge about Elevatorgate. The exploding comment section must seem so weird to them. One thing that came up again and that I always found one of the most annoying examples of hypocrisy: Dawkins "Dear Muslima" reply ...

I was wondering... is there a good equivalent to Godwin's Law regarding A+?

E.g. Zvan's Law: "The chance of being called a privilege-blind misogynist has a direct correlation with the number of factual arguments you make."

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