I'm getting an image of him sitting down to write his next blog post and after he signs in to FTB tumbleweeds and discarded papers are fluttering across his screen.Tigzy wrote:I'm honestly beginning to wonder if Al's even been told about his dismissal yet.
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We now have the clear light of day shining on their "new" intimidation tactic. They doc-drop people's details on the basis that they "decide" that person is "harassing" them. They have a case for that new poster on Twitter, but Twatson says she doc-dropped elevatorGATE on the same basis. All elevatorGATE does is retweet their own comments. That is not harassment.
I simply don't believe them justifying doc-dropping on this basis. Should we "decide" to doc-drop Black Svan for her "harassment" of Justin Vacula? Should we doc-drop Greg Laden (inc. a photo of his trailer!) on the basis of harassment (note, no scare quotes) of Abbie, among others?
It is no wonder they keep the nature of these "threats" vague - because they use them to justify their doc-dropping and further their own narrative - as perfectly demonstrated by Twatson in that video.
I simply don't believe them justifying doc-dropping on this basis. Should we "decide" to doc-drop Black Svan for her "harassment" of Justin Vacula? Should we doc-drop Greg Laden (inc. a photo of his trailer!) on the basis of harassment (note, no scare quotes) of Abbie, among others?
It is no wonder they keep the nature of these "threats" vague - because they use them to justify their doc-dropping and further their own narrative - as perfectly demonstrated by Twatson in that video.
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His REAL last post was put up just now.Tony Parsehole wrote:I'm getting an image of him sitting down to write his next blog post and after he signs in to FTB tumbleweeds and discarded papers are fluttering across his screen.
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My bad, sorry. Indeed, you're entirely correct.acathode wrote:Actually, she accuses him of being a stalker, my transcription from 17:35:
In my book, a stalker is a whole lot more scarier than someone who just harass, with stalking there's a truckload of associations to real, physical danger to a person, and seriously creepy behavior. Pretty severe accusation to make, esp. when your friend DMCAd him to get hold of his personal details, and you then continue by apparently calling organizations and conferences to warn them of this "stalker". I think that could be called harassment and maybe even defamation/libel?
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Al says, in his "last post":
http://freethoughtblogs.com/alstefanell ... ght-blogs/
(emphasis mine).Yes, I’ve decided to leave Freethought Blogs. Now, before you go assuming there were pitchforks and torches involved, this was my decision. I am still going to be blogging, but instead of here, I have returned to my stand-alone blog, where I was before I came to Freethought Blogs and where many of you have followed me from. Everything that I have written here has been migrated over there (although I am still trying iron out image links), including your comments. So, please join me there, if you will.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/alstefanell ... ght-blogs/
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Fuckin quick decision, by the looks of things! :lol:SteveW68 wrote:Hot off the press:
http://freethoughtblogs.com/alstefanell ... ght-blogs/
Al's decision.
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Almost. 'Stalking' is a crime. You cannot say "Fred is a stalker" unless Fred has been found guilty in a criminal court of stalking. If Fred has been accused of stalking, you can say "Fred has been accused of stalking", whether he is guilty or not. Now he has to show damages. For instance, if he tries to register for a conference, and they say "You cannot come. You are a stalker." I think he can sue.acathode wrote:decius wrote:I think that could be called harassment and maybe even defamation/libel?
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(I am not a lawyer I just had a stalker and watch a lot of judge shows)
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Ophelia does not quote-mine. She merely "transcribes the high points" and weaves them into a deranged narrative far from the light of truth.
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Fuck! Faster then me!SteveW68 wrote:Hot off the press:
http://freethoughtblogs.com/alstefanell ... ght-blogs/
Al's decision.
Don't care, I would still consider Al alright if he was posting on FTB some more. There is something to be taken from his comment that generalizing a few fuckers' comments and actions to the whole of FTB is wrong.
Hence the FC5(6,7...) moniker.
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Hmmm.
Another FfTBer departing for a network which has a distinct theist contribution (re: Patheos). Makes me wonder if the atmos at FfTB is such that they feel they've gotten used to that sort of thing...
Al Stephanelli wrote:I am also starting another project, and am thrilled to announce that I will be writing for The God Discussion website, which has been around for quite some time, and is also a Google News Source. As well, I will also be a co-host on their podcast, The God Discussion Show, starting some time very soon.
http://goddiscussion.com/GodDiscussion.com wrote:GodDiscussion.com is a news and review service targeted for the growing number of people who are not associated with organized religion (we're a Google news site). Our mission is to inform and to get people having all points of view communicating. Our writers and contributors are theist, atheist and maybe somewhere in between
Another FfTBer departing for a network which has a distinct theist contribution (re: Patheos). Makes me wonder if the atmos at FfTB is such that they feel they've gotten used to that sort of thing...
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fantastic. Accost her by ignoring her. I was not removed from the waiting list, I was there: http://www.slymepit.com/phpbb/viewtopic ... ight#p1153sacha wrote:That's me, I'll watch it nowPitchguest wrote:
- She's talking about a woman on a forum "dedicated to hating her" who was gonna attend a conference in San Fran. last year, anyone know who this is she's referring to?
The "forum dedicated to hating her" is the Slime Pit. I'll post the rest of the story when I return.
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How odd. Prune has just posted this:
She says she just read it - even though that account has been suspended for about at least an hour. :think:
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304097Ophelia Benson says:
October 11, 2012 at 3:05 pm
If anybody wants a look at what kind of thing people will sink to, you could do worse than checking out @SammyBoal on Twitter. I just read all 118 of its tweets.
She says she just read it - even though that account has been suspended for about at least an hour. :think:
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Poetic licence, probably. I surmise she may have been rage-tearing through their posts for a while.Tigzy wrote:How odd. Prune has just posted this:
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304097Ophelia Benson says:
October 11, 2012 at 3:05 pm
If anybody wants a look at what kind of thing people will sink to, you could do worse than checking out @SammyBoal on Twitter. I just read all 118 of its tweets.
She says she just read it - even though that account has been suspended for about at least an hour. :think:
Doesn't make SammyBoal less of a douchenoozle, though.
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Jesus, but Brownian needs a blowjob, doesn't he.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304062
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304069
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Guy's still a virgin. Has to be.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304062
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The Fat Canadian gets knocked back by his own hand is what I hear.Tigzy wrote:Jesus, but Brownian needs a blowjob, doesn't he.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304062
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Guy's still a virgin. Has to be.
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To be honest, when it comes to Ophelia, oddness abounds.Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Poetic licence, probably. I surmise she may have been rage-tearing through their posts for a while.
Doesn't make SammyBoal less of a douchenoozle, though.
She's like a crazy cat lady, but without the cats.
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I wasn't married but I had a daughter at 25. She is now a responsible,compassionate, self respecting adult. You won't catch her whining about the made-up bullshit RW cries about. She doesn't take any shit but she doesn't make up any shit just to get attention either. She lives in the real world and I am very proud of her. ....how touching huh?KiwiInOz wrote:Ok, so I was married with a one year old daughter at 25. It didn't mean that I wasn't immature or naive at that age, but I guess that I had a few more responsibilities.
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for Jen: Male privilege up close and personal
Self Made Man by Nora/Ned Vincent, Part 1, for 20/20 on ABC.
Part 2 and Part 3 are right there too.
Note the concluding remarks.
20/20: "Did you like being a woman more before?" (or now, after the journey)
Norah: "I like being a woman more now, coz I think its more privileged"
Part 2 and Part 3 are right there too.
Note the concluding remarks.
20/20: "Did you like being a woman more before?" (or now, after the journey)
Norah: "I like being a woman more now, coz I think its more privileged"
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So, did Ophelia's post get published before Al's official resignation post? Cheeky bitch, deliberately "outing" his leaving like that. Nasty, cuntish, spiteful, childish bit of point scoring, Ophelia.
I am crying rage tears right now.
I am crying rage tears right now.
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Al's (not new) blog:
http://alstefanelli.wordpress.com/2012/ ... w-friends/
Well done Al, and good luck in your future endeavours.
http://alstefanelli.wordpress.com/2012/ ... w-friends/
Isn't this of sceptics should function? Oh my, I do believe it is!Oh, and everyone is welcome here, no matter from where you hail. Yes, this includes the Slymepit, the Atheism+ forum, or anywhere else. Every voice is important, no matter how disagreeable.
Well done Al, and good luck in your future endeavours.
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I wonder what they are going to do about my big mouth....nothin... That's what. Cause to be blunt -I do not give a shit what any one of those fucks says, or threatens, even in real life. I was part of the paranormal community for years and no one is crazier than those nuts...tho stephanie would fit right in ,clearly delusionalCommanderTuvok wrote:We now have the clear light of day shining on their "new" intimidation tactic. They doc-drop people's details on the basis that they "decide" that person is "harassing" them. They have a case for that new poster on Twitter, but Twatson says she doc-dropped elevatorGATE on the same basis. All elevatorGATE does is retweet their own comments. That is not harassment.
I simply don't believe them justifying doc-dropping on this basis. Should we "decide" to doc-drop Black Svan for her "harassment" of Justin Vacula? Should we doc-drop Greg Laden (inc. a photo of his trailer!) on the basis of harassment (note, no scare quotes) of Abbie, among others?
It is no wonder they keep the nature of these "threats" vague - because they use them to justify their doc-dropping and further their own narrative - as perfectly demonstrated by Twatson in that video.
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But with the stink of cat pee, not surprisingly.Tigzy wrote:To be honest, when it comes to Ophelia, oddness abounds.Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:
Poetic licence, probably. I surmise she may have been rage-tearing through their posts for a while.
Doesn't make SammyBoal less of a douchenoozle, though.
She's like a crazy cat lady, but without the cats.
Yes, but Brownian understands women, even if he's never met one in person.Tigzy wrote:Jesus, but Brownian needs a blowjob, doesn't he.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304062
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304069
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304107
Guy's still a virgin. Has to be.
Read that. Fun fact: After her going undercover as a man, Vincent had a near-nervous breakdown over the way she was treated as a man.astrokid.nj wrote:Self Made Man by Nora/Ned Vincent, Part 1, for 20/20 on ABC.
Part 2 and Part 3 are right there too.
Note the concluding remarks.
20/20: "Did you like being a woman more before?" (or now, after the journey)
Norah: "I like being a woman more now, coz I think its more privileged"
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He needs somebody to change his fucking diaper.Tigzy wrote:Jesus, but Brownian needs a blowjob, doesn't he.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304062
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304069
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304107
Guy's still a virgin. Has to be.
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Eh?
Well okay - maybe suspended accounts on Twitter disappear non-concurrently on their servers, meaning that it might have been readable to others but not to me. In any case, I'm wondering why Oolon is assuming 'SammyBoals/AshleyF' is female? Both names are unisex.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... ent-304116oolon says:
October 11, 2012 at 3:32 pm
Yeah I just read SammyBoals tweets, I see Renee Hendricks is sticking up for her as ‘not’ a slymepitter. So she presumably knows who she is, I’d think there would be some empathy on her part and have a word. Anyone creating an account just to spend the last 13hrs spewing hate needs help.
Hmmm I see SammyBoal has disappeared! Account suspended after a little bit of attention from PZ and Ophelia… Cowardly hater?
Well okay - maybe suspended accounts on Twitter disappear non-concurrently on their servers, meaning that it might have been readable to others but not to me. In any case, I'm wondering why Oolon is assuming 'SammyBoals/AshleyF' is female? Both names are unisex.
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Either Al is taking the highroad by making his leave from ftb sound more amicable than it was, or Ophelia is trying to stir up drama by implying he was removed for the anti-A+ post he put out. Meh, at least one more person made it out of there.
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I always knew oolon was a misogynist, sexist dinosaur!Tigzy wrote:Well okay - maybe suspended accounts on Twitter disappear non-concurrently on their servers, meaning that it might have been readable to others but not to me. In any case, I'm wondering why Oolon is assuming 'SammyBoals/AshleyF' is female? Both names are unisex.
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Take a wild, wild, wild, wild guess.Saint N. wrote:Either Al is taking the highroad by making his leave from ftb sound more amicable than it was, or Ophelia is trying to stir up drama by implying he was removed for the anti-A+ post he put out. Meh, at least one more person made it out of there.
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Ditto x 2Reap wrote:I wasn't married but I had a daughter at 25. She is now a responsible,compassionate, self respecting adult. You won't catch her whining about the made-up bullshit RW cries about. She doesn't take any shit but she doesn't make up any shit just to get attention either. She lives in the real world and I am very proud of her. ....how touching huh?KiwiInOz wrote:Ok, so I was married with a one year old daughter at 25. It didn't mean that I wasn't immature or naive at that age, but I guess that I had a few more responsibilities.
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I take it Ophelia has taken to criticising her young page (Rhys Morgan) and her bestest friend (Rebecca Watson) on the basis that they have ripped into A+ in the last few days. I mean, if Rhys and Rebecca can go "off message", surely Al can, right?Saint N. wrote:Either Al is taking the highroad by making his leave from ftb sound more amicable than it was, or Ophelia is trying to stir up drama by implying he was removed for the anti-A+ post he put out. Meh, at least one more person made it out of there.
Saying that, Ophelia is the one moaning about the word "cunt" again, but is STILL "oblivious" when it comes to Rhys Morgan's liberal use of the term.
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Yeah, but the thing that struck me when reading those posts was that the troll came across - to me, at least - as being male. Not saying that he/she was, of course - I'm just genuinely curious how Oolon got the impression that he/she was female.CommanderTuvok wrote:I always knew oolon was a misogynist, sexist dinosaur!Tigzy wrote:Well okay - maybe suspended accounts on Twitter disappear non-concurrently on their servers, meaning that it might have been readable to others but not to me. In any case, I'm wondering why Oolon is assuming 'SammyBoals/AshleyF' is female? Both names are unisex.
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I like the one comment there so far:Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Al's (not new) blog:
http://alstefanelli.wordpress.com/2012/ ... w-friends/
Isn't this of sceptics should function? Oh my, I do believe it is!Oh, and everyone is welcome here, no matter from where you hail. Yes, this includes the Slymepit, the Atheism+ forum, or anywhere else. Every voice is important, no matter how disagreeable.
Well done Al, and good luck in your future endeavours.
Al – I hope this was your choice and there was no external pressures on you – you seem like a really nice guy. I have no account either at Atheism plus or the slimepit, but i have browsed both. I like to get both sides of a story. While the slimepit is not for the delicate eye, it is nothing like its critics make it out to be. A+ on the other hand, seems everything and more its critics make it out to be.
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I seem to recall at least one other former FTB blogger (can't remember which one) taking great pains to say he was leaving on his own. Al seems to have a spine, though, so maybe he indeed just told them to fuck off. Cheers for him either way.Saint N. wrote:Either Al is taking the highroad by making his leave from ftb sound more amicable than it was, or Ophelia is trying to stir up drama by implying he was removed for the anti-A+ post he put out. Meh, at least one more person made it out of there.
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So we should probably get this capped, then...Saint N. wrote:But I suspect, a few weeks from now she'll deny ever having made the claim at all and accuse us of making it up (just like the TAM-nazi comparison, the parallel logic reference, the fact that she didn't oppose the labeling of Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, and Dennet as white supremacists on a panel she was a part of, etc etc etc).
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They said as much in one of their tweets.Tigzy wrote: In any case, I'm wondering why Oolon is assuming 'SammyBoals/AshleyF' is female? Both names are unisex.
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Ah right - must have missed that one. Strike my enquiry from the record, m'lud.JackRayner wrote:They said as much in one of their tweets.Tigzy wrote: In any case, I'm wondering why Oolon is assuming 'SammyBoals/AshleyF' is female? Both names are unisex.
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I think Ophelia's line about Al's "last post" reeks of "bye bye luv, go somewhere else". His post "QandA" wasn't anything like a parting post. The backchannel must be boiling up right now at FTB...
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Or shorter Ophelia: "Nice house you got there, would be a shame if anything happened to it..."Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:I think Ophelia's line about Al's "last post" reeks of "bye bye luv, go somewhere else". His post "QandA" wasn't anything like a parting post. The backchannel must be boiling up right now at FTB...
Again.
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Could still be a false flag operation!Tigzy wrote:Ah right - must have missed that one. Strike my enquiry from the record, m'lud.JackRayner wrote:They said as much in one of their tweets.Tigzy wrote: In any case, I'm wondering why Oolon is assuming 'SammyBoals/AshleyF' is female? Both names are unisex.
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No one forced Al out. Trust that. Not actively anyway. You can trust Al's words if he says he wasnt forced out he wasn't. Pathetic some people need to lie and mislead to look good....totally patheticSaint N. wrote:I am curious tough, if he's really been kicked out, why Al hasn't directly mentioned it on his twitter yet (don't tell me Ophelia is setting up a Poe for us). Going on the more likely assumption it's all true, in the linked Ophelia post on Al I think this sentence leaves little doubt about the fact that Al was booted for voicing a dissenting opinion,
If he didn't know it was going to be his final post on FtB, then I can only infer that the removal is a one-sided decision. By coming out and saying this Ophelia is pretty much further legitimizing the claim that FtB is a dogmatic hivemind that doesn't allow dissent (like we needed more convincing, amirite). But I suspect, a few weeks from now she'll deny ever having made the claim at all and accuse us of making it up (just like the TAM-nazi comparison, the parallel logic reference, the fact that she didn't oppose the labeling of Dawkins, Hitchens, Harris, and Dennet as white supremacists on a panel she was a part of, etc etc etc).Ophelia wrote:I forgot to add Al’s farewell post (although he apparently didn’t think of it as such when he wrote it).
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nice to see you, James. Don't be such a strangerJames Onen wrote:I'm alive and well. And still evil :twisted:.ERV wrote:Hey I havent heard from James lately--
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I trust though that he probably made an announcement about it to the other FtB bloggers on the backchannel, prior to his *real* last post being up on his blog. Ophelia using this to put the spotlight on herself by making the info public first, and then throwing in this sort of cryptic 'oh he spoke his final words here and didn't even know it hehehe' is just sad and pathetic (as you said). It's also hilarious because she's validating everything FtB critics say about them. I hope their new bloggers will be people like Marcotte and Laden, gathering all the crap in the secular blogosphere in one place is the greatest service they could do for the a/s community.Reap wrote:No one forced Al out. Trust that. Not actively anyway. You can trust Al's words if he says he wasnt forced out he wasn't. Pathetic some people need to lie and mislead to look good....totally pathetic
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hahaha! tombstonesTigzy wrote:It amazes me how you people can stand to listen to Becky's drone for so long. And if she's had her teeth worked on, the dentist didn't make a very good job of it, considering her overbite. Still, she has apparently been living in the UK for a while, so that might explain it.
(That said, I'd rather have the crooked, gnarly butchery of British teeth than those strange, scary 'all exactly alike' robot teeth the Merkins seem to go for...)
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http://skepdirt.wordpress.com/2012/10/1 ... ls-rapist/
Skepdirt: Why Schrödinger's Rapist is really Pascal's Rapist.
Give some love.
Skepdirt: Why Schrödinger's Rapist is really Pascal's Rapist.
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I caught the whiff of this Brownian motion:Tigzy wrote:Jesus, but Brownian needs a blowjob, doesn't he.
Guy's still a virgin. Has to be.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8331/8078 ... 118134.jpg
He's not the only 'boon there to take issue with the idea that privilege is not innate. Ponder that a second. What they're saying is: If you are born into a 'privileged' group, then there's no changing it. You live and die with that label no matter what your behaviour! No wonder they've no interest in actually doing anything away from their keyboards. What would be the point? A straight white guy could feed the hungry, clothe the naked and shelter the homeless all his life, and he'd still be Schrodinger's rapist to them.
I do have to wonder though, if that's what they really believe, why don't those baboons who can't tick any of the 'victim' boxes don't just kill themselves? (Or is it that they can all find boxes to tick?)
On a brighter note. I do enjoy seeing the likes of Brownian using the term 'atheist' disparagingly. Just like some of the folk on the A+ forum. I definitely want that word back.
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no.Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Joke, bloody joke!Dilurk wrote:Sure, but unlike Jen this woman did something for the homeless.Phil_Giordana_FCD wrote:Athlete's Foot's heaven...
Do I have to put smileys everywhere?!?
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I'm editing through The Beaver's 2012 HFA keynote speech and JESUS FUCKING CHRIST, THIS IS A KEYNOTE SPEECH? My God, it's an hour of Watson bitching about trolls, mean girls and how people weren't nice to her on the internet. If she was a fat no-life neck beard guy no one would listen to her, but since she's a fat pink-haired no-life Skepchick suddenly arguing on the internet has global consequences.
She complains about someone threatening to put a bullet in her head (been there, princess) and not even ten minutes in, I'm begging for a bullet in the head.
Sacha, do tell.
She complains about someone threatening to put a bullet in her head (been there, princess) and not even ten minutes in, I'm begging for a bullet in the head.
Sacha, do tell.
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The bolded part I found interesting. Isn't that what Fundie Christians say? If you don't accept Jesus you will never be worthy no matter how many good deeds you do. At least Christianity offered a way to salvation. What the FfTB people preach is more like the Aztec religion (we were created from stolen god's blood and we can never redeem ourselves but we must make sacrifices because humans are nothing more than dirty thieves). Amazing how many tenets of fundamentalism they have adopted, not just Christian, but any religion or authoritarian secular ideologies.real horrorshow wrote:I caught the whiff of this Brownian motion:Tigzy wrote:Jesus, but Brownian needs a blowjob, doesn't he.
Guy's still a virgin. Has to be.
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8331/8078 ... 118134.jpg
He's not the only 'boon there to take issue with the idea that privilege is not innate. Ponder that a second. What they're saying is: If you are born into a 'privileged' group, then there's no changing it. You live and die with that label no matter what your behaviour!No wonder they've no interest in actually doing anything away from their keyboards. What would be the point? A straight white guy could feed the hungry, clothe the naked and shelter the homeless all his life, and he'd still be Schrodinger's rapist to them.
I do have to wonder though, if that's what they really believe, why don't those baboons who can't tick any of the 'victim' boxes don't just kill themselves? (Or is it that they can all find boxes to tick?)
On a brighter note. I do enjoy seeing the likes of Brownian using the term 'atheist' disparagingly. Just like some of the folk on the A+ forum. I definitely want that word back.
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After reading The Talking Prune visual diarrhea, I remembered a question I had in my mind for some time now: What caused the fallout between granny and Stangroom?
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Hmmm. It does seem as if Al was maybe thinking of quitting FfTB about a month ago: http://freethoughtblogs.com/alstefanell ... ater-good/
I also particularly like what i found in the comments: http://freethoughtblogs.com/alstefanell ... ment-63781
I also particularly like what i found in the comments: http://freethoughtblogs.com/alstefanell ... ment-63781
:lol:oolon says:Michael Kingsford Gray says:
September 14, 2012 at 7:51 pm
FfTB is looking more and more like the Titanic.
Good move getting on a life-boat while you still can.
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September 15, 2012 at 5:47 am
Hehe I have more in common with the slimepitters – an inability to notice Al is not leaving :-)
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ERV wrote:Almost. 'Stalking' is a crime. You cannot say "Fred is a stalker" unless Fred has been found guilty in a criminal court of stalking. If Fred has been accused of stalking, you can say "Fred has been accused of stalking", whether he is guilty or not. Now he has to show damages. For instance, if he tries to register for a conference, and they say "You cannot come. You are a stalker." I think he can sue.acathode wrote:decius wrote:I think that could be called harassment and maybe even defamation/libel?
INALIJHASAWALOJS.
(I am not a lawyer I just had a stalker and watch a lot of judge shows)
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:lol:It’s a T shirt. With a handwritten slogan on it.
Senility. Defined.
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Actually, I'm pretty sure that in the case of calling someone a criminal, damages are assumed. Also not a lawyer, though.ERV wrote:Almost. 'Stalking' is a crime. You cannot say "Fred is a stalker" unless Fred has been found guilty in a criminal court of stalking. If Fred has been accused of stalking, you can say "Fred has been accused of stalking", whether he is guilty or not. Now he has to show damages. For instance, if he tries to register for a conference, and they say "You cannot come. You are a stalker." I think he can sue.acathode wrote:decius wrote:I think that could be called harassment and maybe even defamation/libel?
INALIJHASAWALOJS.
(I am not a lawyer I just had a stalker and watch a lot of judge shows)
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I genuinely do not know what they think. It'll probably take a bit more noodling about on the A+ forums to find the party line on the matter, and I can only go in there for a few minutes at a time. Both Brownian and 'besomyka' quote the same bit from Al, with besomyka saying: "So much wrong with that. So, so much", which isn't very informative. The only way I can make sense of it is: you're born with your 'privilege' and behaviour doesn't change it.Sulaco wrote:The bolded part I found interesting. Isn't that what Fundie Christians say? If you don't accept Jesus you will never be worthy no matter how many good deeds you do. At least Christianity offered a way to salvation. What the FfTB people preach is more like the Aztec religion (we were created from stolen god's blood and we can never redeem ourselves but we must make sacrifices because humans are nothing more than dirty thieves). Amazing how many tenets of fundamentalism they have adopted, not just Christian, but any religion or authoritarian secular ideologies.
As for the Christians, I think it varies between denominations. Some insist Christ is the only route to salvation, others that it's deeds. Who believes what I don't know.
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Ok...I may be wrong but wasn't Ophelia on SurlyAmy's side when she went all freakazoid over a t-shirt???
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Would this be the same Reap that posts here and runs the Angry Atheist podcast? Cos I'm not entirely sure it sounds like him: http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... eap-paden/
Or has Ophelia been trolled by a Poe...?A guest post by Reap Paden
October 11, 2012 at 5:28 pm Ophelia Benson
Because it’s far too good to blush unseen in the comments.
Reap Paden says
Allow me to add “FUCK YEA!†and “Fuck you†just try and do something about me and my freedom to say any damn thing I want. You loons sit here at your circle jerk and think you effect the real world? People like me who take on people face to face will be making change while you sputter amongst yourselves. Look at how much you’ve changed my behavior so far…pfft. Ophelia Benson are you needy for attention or just like to blab blab blab? No matter do not fret you will have your wish I’m happy to speak out about you to as part of the disease called A+. Poor A+ a group of idiots too dumb to know how limited their reach. You do make for great fodder I give you that much. Nothing anything any of you can or will say will harm or hurt me I am the wall you were bound to hit sooner or later. Funny thing is I am not alone we just don’t talk to hear ourselves speak, people actually listen. Now back to the banter……
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...cause blacks and hispanics are not "men".ikonografer (@ikonografer) says:
October 11, 2012 at 4:51 am
ask yourself if you’d say the same thing about blacks or hispanics.
Stacy says:
October 11, 2012 at 5:39 pm
Men are not in the same position in society as blacks and hispanics.
(Ask yourself if you’d be all pissy about a similar thought experiment from the point of view of a black man dealing with whites.)
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Oh noes! This is the very first time that Ophelia has been caught holding double standards!ReneeHendricks wrote:Ok...I may be wrong but wasn't Ophelia on SurlyAmy's side when she went all freakazoid over a t-shirt???
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Yeah. But it wasn't handwritten!ReneeHendricks wrote:Ok...I may be wrong but wasn't Ophelia on SurlyAmy's side when she went all freakazoid over a t-shirt???
Very important difference. Not.