Yes.Dick Strawkins wrote:....the consensus on the Skepchick/FTB side seems to be that on balance it is a good thing because they don't like Justin Vacula. They are essentially saying that his right of free speech is forteit because his views are beyond the pale of the correct opinions.
What else could she have done? When all else fails they have their weapon of last resort, not deployed since franc's Crime Of The Century. Desperate times call for desperate measures. If the worst comes to the pass they may all have to visit someone's blog and post the word NO.Michael K Gray wrote:Ophiliar Bansome has some inintentional hilarity happening in her latest post:Fuck me?Paul Fidalgo has a gut-wrenching open letter to Alexander Aan at Friendly Atheist.
The petition failed, you know.
I should have done more, maybe - I blogged about it twice, the second time with considerable urgency, and tweeted and re-tweeted often
What else could she have done as a true activist?
And how does one blog "with considerable urgency"??
WTF?
Senility has advanced at an alarming rate.
Hilarious what these retards consider to be their maximum effort!
Bansome probably had to drive to the bank. We all know how exhausting that can be.
Silly Bunt.
The following seems to be the extent of the charge. Several of his other posts quite clearly indicate that he is anything but a homophobe:AndrewV69 wrote:I never did get where thaat one came from myself. But I could not be arsed to chase it down. Rather spend the time at IA catching up on Islamic affairs right now.Steersman wrote: But “Lousy Canuck’s homophobia� That looks like a real stretch with diddly squat in the way of supporting evidence.
People peddling that charge seem to be little more than dickheads – being charitable.Jason Thibeault wrote:So, I have this problem. A vacuous shitbag troll is running around telling everyone that I’m a homophobe based on a reading of my comment here:
DJ Grothe is not LITERALLY a douchebag, as he does not store vinegar or other potentially harmful chemicals in his person for the purposes of “cleansing†a woman’s vagina. In fact, I hear he wants little to do with women’s vaginas.
You might want to save up and buy a second string for your fiddle ....bhoytony wrote:Yep, just as Decius said, pompous windbag. No doubt more pompous windbaggery to come in response to this.Steersman wrote:
No, I wouldn’t say that.
But I don’t think decius’ criticisms are particularly valid. For one thing, I don’t think I “gratuitously godwinned Commander Tuvok†is at all credible as I spared no expense in creating the entirely justified and warranted analogy – so to speak.
As for cunt? I kind of like Sally Strange’s interpretation: “juicy, funky, flexible, and creativeâ€.
And pompous? I figure if MKG can champion the related word, pedantic, then I figure it can’t be all that much of an odious label to wear.
Windbag? One could say that that is exactly what the bagpipes are – some rather stirring sounds from that instrument – Amazing Grace, for example. But probably an acquired taste.
Sticks and stones. Or eye of the beholder ....
I think people charging him with the accusation of homophobia are just giving him a taste of his own medicine. Some have been painted with a much darker brush for way less "offence", by Lousy and his pals.Steersman wrote:The following seems to be the extent of the charge. Several of his other posts quite clearly indicate that he is anything but a homophobe:AndrewV69 wrote:I never did get where thaat one came from myself. But I could not be arsed to chase it down. Rather spend the time at IA catching up on Islamic affairs right now.Steersman wrote: But “Lousy Canuck’s homophobia� That looks like a real stretch with diddly squat in the way of supporting evidence.
People peddling that charge seem to be little more than dickheads – being charitable.Jason Thibeault wrote:So, I have this problem. A vacuous shitbag troll is running around telling everyone that I’m a homophobe based on a reading of my comment here:
DJ Grothe is not LITERALLY a douchebag, as he does not store vinegar or other potentially harmful chemicals in his person for the purposes of “cleansing†a woman’s vagina. In fact, I hear he wants little to do with women’s vaginas.
You might want to try being less of a pompous windbag. I'm off to try that ignore user by default setting in my control panel.Steersman wrote: You might want to save up and buy a second string for your fiddle ....
One can sympathize. But it tends to detract from the credibility of “our†side; tends to be equivalent to shooting oneself in the foot ...Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote: ...
I think people charging him with the accusation of homophobia are just giving him a taste of his own medicine. Some have been painted with a much darker brush for way less "offence", by Lousy and his pals.
Yeah, I know, it's playing their game, but damn, it does vent frustration sometimes.
Another one who follows along behind franc and company in putting their heads in the sand.bhoytony wrote:You might want to try being less of a pompous windbag. I'm off to try that ignore user by default setting in my control panel.Steersman wrote: You might want to save up and buy a second string for your fiddle ....
I'm not so sure about that. It is a known fact that we use a lot of humour and hyperboles in these parts. Now, just re-reading Lousy's comment on DJ:Steersman wrote:One can sympathize. But it tends to detract from the credibility of “our†side; tends to be equivalent to shooting oneself in the foot ...Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote: ...
I think people charging him with the accusation of homophobia are just giving him a taste of his own medicine. Some have been painted with a much darker brush for way less "offence", by Lousy and his pals.
Yeah, I know, it's playing their game, but damn, it does vent frustration sometimes.
I can easily see how it could be construed as homophobic, or at least dismissive of DJ's sexuality. It sure as hell would have raised a shitstorm over there if any Pitter had typped that. I guess you may not be so familiar with FTB and their commentariat.In fact, I hear he wants little to do with women’s vaginas.
But are you an "official spokes-gay"?DownThunder wrote:Speaking as an empowered voice for the gays, Im declaring it homophobic. Dont mind those homo-traitors who say otherwise. Listen. To. The. Gays.
Don't. Please, don't. :lol:Dick Strawkins wrote:But are you an "official spokes-gay"?DownThunder wrote:Speaking as an empowered voice for the gays, Im declaring it homophobic. Dont mind those homo-traitors who say otherwise. Listen. To. The. Gays.
:shifty:
Everytime I hear that name, I think of this:Tigzy wrote:Don't. Please, don't. :lol:Dick Strawkins wrote:But are you an "official spokes-gay"?DownThunder wrote:Speaking as an empowered voice for the gays, Im declaring it homophobic. Dont mind those homo-traitors who say otherwise. Listen. To. The. Gays.
:shifty:
Thanks! It's a Banksy Rat. Strangely, despite my many forays into London, I've not yet seen an original Banksy in the wild. Closest I ever came was finding a poor pastiche of his 'girl with a heart shaped balloon' in Brixham, Devon, of all places.sacha wrote:love the new profile image, Tigzy
Suck on this instead -Tigzy wrote:Don't. Please, don't. :lol:Dick Strawkins wrote:But are you an "official spokes-gay"?DownThunder wrote:Speaking as an empowered voice for the gays, Im declaring it homophobic. Dont mind those homo-traitors who say otherwise. Listen. To. The. Gays.
:shifty:
Leave Pee-Zee alone!!!!!!Michael K Gray wrote:ZOMG Chris is responding in the manner of a startled Baboon in the comments of the GirlWritesWhat DMCA vid
[youtube]T2ebYMWiTXw[/youtube]
I cannot believe that she has drunl so deep of their poison so quickly.
I...I don't get it. Shall I go upthread to get it?Dilurk wrote:Best regards!
It's a type face Zapfino Extra LT One letter AERV wrote:I know, rite?? I posted something along these lines on Facebook--Tigzy wrote:...Skeeve wrote:Fair Use: Hold that DMCA, missy!
And they're not the only ones taking an interest in Amy's work, either. Erm...so I've been told. *halo doesn't slip one bit*
There is the American Atheists A and RDFs Scarlett A, which Im sure she does have permission to use.
I would highly suggest reading http://phawrongula.wikia.com/wiki/Cunt_ ... ust_a_Word franc has done a great job here. (Yes I know franc, I'll get there!) The key is the culture differences between North America and just about anywhere else. I'm Canadian but I'm married into a family of expat brits so I grok partially the culture of the UK. The US seem to still have a puritanical bent about the use of cunt as an invective. Even Jean Kazez gets upset about the bad werdz when in most countries other than the U.S. and possibly Canada (I don't know, I'm so used to UK slang now) are perfectly fine with its use as a non-gendered insult or perhaps friendly insult. My lousy compatriot (ugh!) was being mildly tweaked for using a gendered insult to be homophobic, to demonstrate the hypocrisy. It's fine to call someone a 'dick' (slang for penis) or even a 'dickhead' (What some men think with) or a 'douche' but 'cunt' ? swoon. Read up on the history at phawrongula.Steersman wrote:One can sympathize. But it tends to detract from the credibility of “our†side; tends to be equivalent to shooting oneself in the foot ...Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote: ...
I think people charging him with the accusation of homophobia are just giving him a taste of his own medicine. Some have been painted with a much darker brush for way less "offence", by Lousy and his pals.
Yeah, I know, it's playing their game, but damn, it does vent frustration sometimes.
I don't think anyone will get it, if they do, I'll have a good laugh.Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I...I don't get it. Shall I go upthread to get it?Dilurk wrote:Best regards!
Works for me, but you can still see people quoting pompous windbaggery.bhoytony wrote:You might want to try being less of a pompous windbag. I'm off to try that ignore user by default setting in my control panel.Steersman wrote: You might want to save up and buy a second string for your fiddle ....
That's OK: your tears say more than real evidence ever could...franc wrote:http://i.imgur.com/Tjqey.jpg
We’re not asking for anything crazy – just basic rules so that we can say the sort of thing like making fake jewelry and intentionally offending people is not okay nor is grabbing someone’s ass. That’s it, that’s all we’re asking for.
Skeeve wrote:Jean isn't up to speed apparently:
http://atheiststoday.com/images/jeankazez_tweet.jpg
When Amy's own words were:We’re not asking for anything crazy – just basic rules so that we can say the sort of thing like making fake jewelry and intentionally offending people is not okay nor is grabbing someone’s ass. That’s it, that’s all we’re asking for.
How about "Ovirula Benson"?Badger3k wrote:Finally, should we start calling her Nanny "Virulent" Pheelie, to give her something else to obsess about? :lol:
Genius. That's getting a remix.Lsuoma wrote:That's OK: your tears say more than real evidence ever could...franc wrote:http://i.imgur.com/Tjqey.jpg
I think Ovirula IS a virus. Didn't you say that some viruses are DNA ones? Because I think she's trying to infect people with her Dogmatic Nucleic Acid.ERV wrote:Virology is a kind of science. Science is misogyny (according to Pamela Gay). So viruses are misogynistic.Notung wrote:Of course. Just like connecting the word "Yes" with "but".Ophelia Benson wrote:Connecting the word “feminism†with the word “virulent†... is misogyny.
DUH!
I know what you mean. I've decided that while I wouldn't feel comfortable in doing it myself, the aspect of her getting a little of her own medicine is holding me back from being as against it as I might have otherwise been. And it's not too bad in how it will affect her. She'll simply have to pull the pacman product. She won't lose her job or any other similar far worse things. Far worse things like, for instance, what Laden and InZvanity did to Abbie:rayshul wrote:Hm. Might have just had an ethical change of opinion. If Roth is DMCA-ing all over the place, I don't see an issue with DMCA-ing her back for her copyright infringements. I'm not sure I can justify that really to myself though - the part of me that's like, you shouldn't fuck with people's livelihoods is at war with the bit that says, uhhh she's breaking the law while starting legal actions against other people...
ERV wrote:Notung (also rayshul)-- Yup. Laden/Svan bitching at NatGeo about those threads has cost me a nice chunk of money. :?
I suspect you are going to recognize this song if you remember the Monday incident.rayshul wrote:What is an unjustified murder? A girl who doesn't like Mondays?
When I'm in forum style places, I take on the bad habit of changing my image frequently, which is weird since everywhere else I've been mostly using the same image for a couple years. I don't like though, that it means people have to re-associate a new graphic with a person, but it seems that my wanting to put in a new image always over-rides that. What can I say?sacha wrote:Andrew and Dilurk,
Why such similar profile images?
it makes the dialogue a tad confusing (yes, I know I'm blond). Most people barely glance at the image, in order to know who posted the comment, Nectar's changes, but it's always brightly coloured flora and fauna.
Just an observation.
HahahahahhaDick Strawkins wrote:Leave Pee-Zee alone!!!!!!
http://imgur.com/LVcfs.jpg
urgh from the same site http://rdfrs.com/news_articles/2012/8/1 ... C-sjKn0gXcfranc wrote:Yeah, they are really protesting feminist issues Marcotte you dumb, numb cunt -
http://rdfrs.com/news_articles/2012/8/1 ... C-ROUL5FEN
I dont know where people get the idea that DNA, out of a cell, is unstable.Dilurk wrote:urgh from the same site http://rdfrs.com/news_articles/2012/8/1 ... C-sjKn0gXcfranc wrote:Yeah, they are really protesting feminist issues Marcotte you dumb, numb cunt -
http://rdfrs.com/news_articles/2012/8/1 ... C-ROUL5FEN
"For archival purposes?" Abbie! How stable would that be? Not very I'd have thought?
I once walked through a busy cafeteria in a shopping mall with a baby boa constrictor in my winter coat pocket. She was a cute little thing. I often wondered if the crowd in the cafeteria would have freaked had I taken her out for a look see. She wasn't mine mind, I was doing a favour for a friend who wanted the boa as a gift. tl;dr Anyway, snakes don't bother me. Insects don't bother me. In fact, I have a small collection of macro photography of insects. I guess I am just a gender traitor.ERV wrote:I dont know where people get the idea that DNA, out of a cell, is unstable.Dilurk wrote:urgh from the same site http://rdfrs.com/news_articles/2012/8/1 ... C-sjKn0gXcfranc wrote:Yeah, they are really protesting feminist issues Marcotte you dumb, numb cunt -
http://rdfrs.com/news_articles/2012/8/1 ... C-ROUL5FEN
"For archival purposes?" Abbie! How stable would that be? Not very I'd have thought?
Ive got stocks of DNA I made back in 2005.
If you keep your DNA pure (no contaminating DNAses), it is perfectly happy in regular ol water. Not sure your DNA is pure? Put it in Tris-EDTA (a salt solution that inhibits enzymes, so if there are proteins there that want to chomp DNA, they dont work/dont work well). Want long-term storage? DNA is happy as a clam in ethanol. And you can always throw these stocks (water/TE/EtOH/whatever) in the freezer, the colder the better, and it will keep just fine.
Phil! Dexter is so pretty!!
OH SHIT!!! From men, I meant from men!!!Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Thanks Abbie!
Funny that most compliments to Dexter (here and elswhere) where by women, and the only "yucky" comments he got were from males. Anyway, he's a lovely little guy, seems to enjoy being taken out of his vivarium and have some quality time with us. He aslo likes mice, of course...
I hated TA-ing in college (did it *one* semester), but in that one semester I got to proctor the biodiversity lab. I really just sat there and snuggled with the python in my front hoodie pocket.Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:OH SHIT!!! From men, I meant from men!!!Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Thanks Abbie!
Funny that most compliments to Dexter (here and elswhere) where by women, and the only "yucky" comments he got were from males. Anyway, he's a lovely little guy, seems to enjoy being taken out of his vivarium and have some quality time with us. He aslo likes mice, of course...
Oh dear, what have I done now.
Just came here to post this. It's starting to get rolling. Not sure it was the wisest of moves. I read through the comments below your article and there are some nasty women haters there.justinvacula wrote:Well, I see that the hate campaign and misinformation campaign is really lighting up on my Twitter feed. http://www.justinvacula.com/twitter.
I authored a blog post concerning this posting of Amy's address and more.
http://www.justinvacula.com/2012/08/a-c ... y-amy.html
Feel free to weather the trolls on my Twitter feed...
Wonder who he's referring to here? Justin Vacula? Thing is, GirlWritesWhat first talked of her DMCA notice on the 14th Aug, where she stated the possible involvement of the FfTB/skepsicko crowd there and then: http://owningyourshit.blogspot.co.uk/20 ... right.html (her vid was released on the same day)The interesting thing about it is apparently it was the same bullies who complain about us (FtB and Skepchick) who apparently clued her in that we’re easy scapegoats, all because one of their own had posted copyrighted images and a DMCA request demanded that it be taken down.
OK I must have a blind spot or something because I just read the comments and I did not notice any. So, can I get an example of one and a reason why you think it is woman hating?Skeeve wrote: Just came here to post this. It's starting to get rolling. Not sure it was the wisest of moves. I read through the comments below your article and there are some nasty women haters there.
...and if you don't like Levar Burton's character on TNG you must be racist? ??Notung wrote:Yesterday, Marcotte said that disliking the character Skyler on Breaking Bad is sexist.
https://twitter.com/AmandaMarcotte/stat ... 9543345153
Fucking lunatic. Weirdly enough, if her picture on Wiki is anything to go by, she looks almost exactly like this crazed hosebeast I had the misfortune to date once. Coincidentally, this woman believed that women who were pregnant were somehow insulting her by virtue of being pregnant, on the basis that she feared she couldn't have children.Skeeve wrote:I saw a reference to someone named Marcotte upthread, but didn't know who she was.
I see now.
I don't know - if someone ask me whether I'm a feminist I'll just do what some atheists do with God, (i.e. "what do you mean by 'God'?"). I'll say "what do you mean by 'feminist'"? If they say "the view that women are human beings" (which is the one I hear most from the SJWs) or "the view that women should have equal rights with men" or "the view that sexist discrimination against women is wrong" then I'll happily agree that I'm a feminist.justinvacula wrote:About a year and a half ago, I was happy to use the term feminist, but I will never use it again following some of ideas like this put forth.
I'm sorry my sarcasm didn't read well. I was channeling Ophelia.AndrewV69 wrote:OK I must have a blind spot or something because I just read the comments and I did not notice any. So, can I get an example of one and a reason why you think it is woman hating?Skeeve wrote: Just came here to post this. It's starting to get rolling. Not sure it was the wisest of moves. I read through the comments below your article and there are some nasty women haters there.
