The NCSE website Expelled Exposed has now gone live, and it's full of great information debunking the conspiracy theories in the film. There will also be an anti-Expelled blogswarm and a "To Hell With Expelled" blog carnival this Friday for those who have posts critiquing the film.
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I plan to have a post in the swarm and the carnival, but in case I don't find the time this week to work on it — all too likely, unfortunately — here's my idea, for anybody who wants to try:
In this post, I listed nine people who have been threatened, harassed and even physically assaulted for the heinous crime of doing their jobs and supporting good science. I hyperlinked to the most useful background information I could find (news stories and the like); this information is all public, but it hasn't been gathered together in one place and conveniently summarized, which I hope to do this week.