The Prune has a
new post up called "Paging Orac" where she intends to mock Shermer. The funny thing is it's missing the mark, and it's telling us that Ophelia
still doesn't think she compared TAM to Nazi Germany. Just for reference, let's see that quote one more time.
As Jews in Germany circa 1936 might have created “a climate where Jews — who otherwise wouldn’t — end up feeling unwelcome and unsafe.†As the Southern Poverty Law Center creates a climate where people who are the object of systematic vocal hatred end up feeling unwelcome and unsafe. That’s not to compare TAM with Nazi Germany or racist pockets of the US, of course, but then Rebecca didn’t name TAM in the item DJ quoted, either; she (or rather USA Today, indirectly quoting her) said “the freethought community.â€
Wow. Not comparing TAM to Nazi Germany sure does look a lot like comparing TAM to Nazi Germany. Then, what's even more amusing is the way Ophelia attempted to hide this piece of libel by
claiming it was said by people on "the other side."
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... i-germany/
[spoiler]
I sent Travis Roy a message on Facebook. (He’s not a friend, but you can send messages to people who aren’t friends. That’s convenient sometimes.) He’s the guy who announced on that “Great Penis Debate†that I compared TAM to Nazi Germany, which is not true. I asked him where he got that piece of misinformation.
The only place I’ve seen it via Google is on a stupid wiki set up by ERV people (and places they’ve dropped it lately, such as Ask an Atheist). I’m curious about how much success they’re having in spreading malicious falsehoods.
Maybe for my TAM talk I’ll just say “I did not compare TAM to Nazi Germany†as many times as I can in the time allotted.
[/spoiler]
But was it?
Of course not.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterflies ... -explains/
Following the
Ophelia model of writing blog posts (thank you, Richard Reed), a few paragraphs down the line and ... again ...
As Jews in Germany circa 1936 might have created “a climate where Jews — who otherwise wouldn’t — end up feeling unwelcome and unsafe.†As the Southern Poverty Law Center creates a climate where people who are the object of systematic vocal hatred end up feeling unwelcome and unsafe. That’s not to compare TAM with Nazi Germany or racist pockets of the US, of course, but then Rebecca didn’t name TAM in the item DJ quoted, either; she (or rather USA Today, indirectly quoting her) said “the freethought community.â€
In summary: I'm sick of your disingenuous, bullshit tactics, Ophelia, and I wish you'd stop being such a humongous (and I don't normally use this word) cunt.
