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Calm, nuanced, proportionate
Posted by PZ Myers on July 12, 2011 Today, Greta Christina has weighed in. Comments closed here, because I’ve put up with enough of the hysterical delusions of people offended by calm, nuanced, proportionate statements. It’s like the responses to those mild bus signs like “You can be good without god” that leave some people profoundly and irrationally upset. We’ve now found an…
Gynofascists are invading The Manosphere!
Posted by PZ Myers on July 11, 2011 Two awful no-good terribad miserable arguments
Posted by PZ Myers on July 10, 2011 They keep dragging me back in. I try to drop it, but my inbox is full of people still arguing this point, and it’s getting ridiculous. The thing is, they keep throwing godawfully bad arguments at me, as if they’re trying to hit me in the head with a brick enough times to make me…
I guess I’ll never get a retail job at Harrods
Posted by PZ Myers on July 6, 2011 There goes another dream. The department store has a very strict dress code for its employees. Full makeup at all time: base, blusher, full eyes (not too heavy), lipstick, lip liner and gloss are worn at all time and maintained discreetly (please take into account the store display lighting which has a ‘washing out’ effect).…
No comments here, please
Posted by PZ Myers on July 5, 2011 I think we’ve reached the saturation point, so comments are closed on this article. However, I do think I need to link to Rebecca Watson’s summary of her recent absurdist travails. Or if you’d rather, try reading Schrödinger’s Rapist and be enlightened. This time, though, really, go over there if you feel the need to…
I know! How about if we redefine homophobia as a disease?
Posted by PZ Myers on July 4, 2011 Sadly, an Indian health minister has gone on record calling homosexuality a “disease”. For the Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad, men having sex with men (MSMs) is not only “unnatural” but also a “disease.” According to Azad, “this disease has come to India from foreign shores”, and Indian society needs to be prepared to…
Oh, no, not again…once more unto the breach
Posted by PZ Myers on July 3, 2011 This is your last gasp on the topic of the proper way to make a sexual advance. I’m just going to wrap up a few dangling bits. Jen has slammed Richard Dawkins for some comments here. I can confirm that those comments were actually from Richard Dawkins. I also have to say that I agree…
The Decent Human Beings’ Guide to Getting Laid at Atheist Conferences
Posted by PZ Myers on July 3, 2011 There are so many clueless comments in this thread that Old Man PZ, grizzled veteran of the sex wars, successful lothario who has managed to reproduce three times, and champion who successfully landed a Trophy Partner in an extremely long and happy relationship, feels like he needs to step in and give some friendly advice.…
Why use a poll to determine who gets civil rights?
Posted by PZ Myers on June 26, 2011 You know who is really unhappy about NY’s gay marriage law? “Religious leaders”, of course. Religious leaders slammed the state’s new gay marriage law on Saturday, vowing to ban politicians who supported the measure from any Catholic church and parochial school events. The city’s top Catholic clergy released strongly worded statements in the hours after…
Everybody’s celebrating!
Posted by PZ Myers on June 24, 2011 This weekend is the Twin Cities Pride Festival, and the city has lit up the 35W bridge to acknowledge it. Now where’s Minnesota’s gay marriage law?