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[analyzedatheist]

Hello everyone,

I am Terry the Analyzed Atheist. I run a blog (though I have been rather inactive in the last year or so) over at analyzedatheist.tumblr.com.

I am 29 (almost 30...come on March 2nd!!), and I am from Newfoundland, Canada. I have been on Reap's show The Angry Atheist (see embedded link below), and I am an ardent agnostic atheist. When I first encountered the whole elevatorgate fiasco, I kind of thought that, first of all, what Rebecca initially said (i.e. guys, don't do that) wasn't too unreasonable. However, I also chuckled at what Richard Dawkins wrote in reply, because I think he was making a really good point about the harmlessness of asking someone for coffee, no matter what the time of day, ESPECIALLY since when she refused the guy seemed to just let it go. Anyways, even if you could say that Dawkins was being perhaps a little tactless, I could also hear the sarcasm and dry wit he has in his words. I don't think he meant any harm.

However, the reaction that ensued and the culture war that has erupted inside the skeptic/atheist movement is absolutely apalling. True skepticism and reason has fallen by the wayside on one side of the battle, and now people who are really trying to achieve equality and be advocates for the rights of all humans are having their reputations tarnished. It's depressing, but I'm glad I found the slymepit as a result of listening to ReapSowRadio.

As for the feminism issue, the definition of it is really about achieving equality for women, which means equal. There are still plenty of problems with sexism towards women in the world, and I'd even venture to say that there is plenty more problems than there are with prejudice towards men.

I think one thing that we have to keep in mind is that as we get closer to equality, not only with rights be equally recognized, but each subgroup of the population will start to experience a more balanced amount of prejudice. For men, this would mean an increase, for women, a decrease, and so on. Perhaps as we get closer and closer to some sort of equilibrium (and I'm not sure we're there yet) we might do good to abandon the term feminist, and maybe even atheist (was Sam Harris right?), in order for all of us to adopt something like "humanist."

As it stands now, though, I am a feminist as it is traditionally defined. I want equality between the sexes. Equal rights. But I also want equality between all genders, races, cultures, you name it, and as we approach our goals for each of these groups, let's hope that we can all realize that we're all part of the biggest in-group: humanity itself.

-Terry

[analyzedatheist]

Just realized I forgot to embed the link:

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[analyzedatheist]

Fuck. Just go here: http://angryatheist.info/?p=551

[Lsuoma]

Fuck. Just go here: http://angryatheist.info/?p=551

Just as well - a frame size of 320 by 24 would look a little...odd.

[analyzedatheist]

Fuck. Just go here: http://angryatheist.info/?p=551

Just as well - a frame size of 320 by 24 would look a little...odd.

Um. Ya. Um. I just copied it from the "embed" field on Reap's page...pointing the big finger at him instead of my ineptitude. LOL

[noblehawk2]

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Hi Everyone,

Richard here from the UK. I am 59 yes i know i know, get over it. Am all for equal rights just as long as that actually means equal. I'm a pervert, however not so much nowdays, it's my age. Have been an Atheist since around 1970 and my hero is Coughlan. Simply because i thought i had anger issues until i ran across his video's. I did go look at the Atheist+ board but thought "nope, not for me" and then i found you guys.....

Richard