If thou gazest long into the Pit, the Pit will also gaze into thee

The Atheism+ Twitter account is a perfect example of Poe's law in action. Look at this tweet: https://twitter.com/atheismplus/status/238198327936684032 Atheism+ Atheism+ ‏@atheismplus We should have 'levels'. I propose the name 'Operating Atheist', i.e. OA level 1: where you learn (& accept) 'Pri...

The problem, as I see it, is that the different types of feminism are based on different value judgements and as such are impossible to differentiate as being more or less correct based on the evidence. If it was possible to have a skeptically correct version of feminism then we would have the same...

I don't think [urlhttp://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/08/21/well-i-guess-im-not-a-feminist-then/]Steven Pinker[/url] is invited to the Atheism+ party. It was maddening to read that, I almost wish I didn't click. PZ and his friends have distorted what "feminism" is in such a bizzare way, its...

These morons are giving complete validation to every dimwitted theist who smugly said that atheism is a religion. Exactly. Its such a disgrace. Atheism does not and cannot come pre-packaged with a set of beliefs you must accept, and which are handed down by a self-appointed high priest class. Carri...

Richard Carrier, gargling the FTB Flavor-Aid, in The New Atheism + : There is a new atheism brewing, and it’s the rift we need, to cut free the dead weight so we can kick the C.H.U.D.’s [i.e., "Cannibalistic Humanoid Underground Dwellers"] back into the sewers and finally disown them, once and ...

Christ, Natalie Reed is opposed to A+! Mainly for different reasons to me, but still... When a man who thinks he's a woman is the voice of reason, that's scary. It's like an anorexic complaining about how bad the airline food is. When an internet hero makes a fucked up comment and expects the rest ...

Jens post sounds good in theory, and its sure to draw in a lot of secularists who dont know about the FTB drama and their lousy track record of madness and distortion. But what it really is in practice is yet another attempt to enforce their narrative on anyone who calls themselves atheist, since th...

I got into an exchange with someone on twitter about that, and their argument was, essentially, that since it was easy to predict (a few of the posters here called it a bad move soon after) that the FTB/Skepchick folk would throw a tantrum over it, it means he shouldn't have done it... Dont these a...

Myers writes: And then we got complaints like that one on bitchspot, which dismiss every one who even partially agrees with me as “highly fanatical followers” who must “Stop being a groupie. Stop bowing before the altar.” That isn’t legitimate, valid criticism. That’s a kind of blindnes...

Well, to me an "anti-theist" is synonymous with a "strong" atheist. Meaning someone that claims they "know" there is no God. Given that this is a gnostic religious belief I personally reject it. Its amazing how many times I run into this argument, even among fellow atheists and secularists. It suff...

I suspect, although I obviously lack the data to support my suspicion, that there is a demographic element involved as well. The few times I've read the comments on Pharyngula, I got the distinct impression that the majority of commenters there were of undergraduate age. The vibe I get here is that...

Of course Michael Shermer isn't doing anything wrong - indicating your sexual interest to a woman with every intention of moving on if there is disinterest cannot be harrassment, unless you live in the self-absorbed faux victimization "skepchick" fantasy. Bagging a young hottie at a conference where...

From earlier, http://i.imgur.com/H0WiJ.jpg This is JT responding to my blog post concerning 'Spokesgay' telling me to "fuck off and die" in addition to other criticism of mine at the hypocrisy of the FC5 (6) and Skepchick writers. Interesting. Only if the FC5 (6) and the Skepchicks took JT's advice...

PZ’s latest post, “the war of the smug”, is enough for me to remove him from my blogroll permanently. It’s too bad – I used to really enjoy his blog years ago it was about atheism and science, and not about this utterly bizzare and twisted brand of feminism they are now advocating. PZ is q...

Okay, so PeeWee has stepped into the fray himself: http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/07/22/rationalia-isnt/comment-page-1/#comment-407047 PZ Myers 22 July 2012 at 9:12 pm An admin make a vile rape joke, followed by several pages of comments, the majority of which agree, approve, and ampli...

When I was younger (in college and before) I used to hang out on PUA-type boards. I will reiterate what someone said here that the "teachings" are mainly for finding a woman that is interested in having sex with you (and maximizing the chance of that happening), and its never about going past any co...

Yes, the ERV/SlymePit has become much more confident of itself in the last few months. It doesn't feel as if the Slymers are shouting protests in the middle of the Sahara Desert anymore. There was a definite change a couple of months ago, and now, post-Laden, post-ThunderF00t, post Cuntgate (Coffee...

Reading that thread at Ophelias place and watching them try to spin the t-shirt incident into a harassment incident is so mind numbingly ridiculous...clearly they will say anything to claim victimhood status. And these are the same people that laugh off accusations of bullying when its from people t...

I dont find anything seriously objectionable about Pamela Gays talk. The reaction from the Pharyngulites is simply the usual confusion about how if we disagree with them we obviously hate women and support them getting groped in public.

Incidentally, the only other people to try to censor me via NatGeo, and to hunt down my personal details to contact my university about me have been the insane XMRVers. I find this to be pretty amazing, frankly. I'm a graduate student also (also in microbiology, but I work on a certain common bacte...

Also - Greta is saying that consent is important. I agree. Everyone agrees - that's why it seems so obvious - because nobody is complaining about having to get consent ! Of course, and yet these whiny faux feminists still complain about asking for consent only in the "right context". Or something. ...

IMO, Dr. Hall's action can be interpreted charitably (by non-residents of Baboonistan) as a demonstration of support for DJ, rather than an attack on Orwellia. But, hey, why be charitable when she can bend it in service of her victimhood narrative. Parallel logic! Seriously, when it comes to faux v...

Hello friends. Thanks for setting this up. I've battled with the Borg Collective Hive Mind at several FTB comment threads many times, only to discover just how fanatical these people are. From what I see though the response is growing. Nobody at my local atheist meetup supports these clowns, and all...