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thenewgreen · 4715 days ago · link · · parent · post: In case you missed the other site's recent debacle - Skepchick: Reddit Makes Me Hate Atheists
Also, I don't know anything about Rebecca Watson outside of this post, which to me seemed reasonable and well presented. Just curious what it is about her that makes you conserve your urine in the face of fire?
Because this.
http://www.reddit.com/domain/skepchick.org/ She's a holier-than-thou "my opinions are facts, your opinions are sacrilege" busybody who's all about elevating herself to a position of authority at the expense of facts, reasoned discourse or logic. There's a breed of "skeptic" that firmly holds that "skepticism" is "destroying anything that isn't the status quo." it is made up of people like Rebecca Watson. These are the people who would have burned Joan d'Arc, who would have excommunicated Galileo, and who would have cheered on The Inquisition. They are not "skeptics" in the vein of Michael Shermer, they are "skeptics" in the vein of Bjorn Lomborg.
d_e_solomon · 4715 days ago · link ·
I honestly don't know much about her beyond that she tends to raise people's hackles. So called Elevatorgate is a large source of the controversy, but I really don't move in freethought or skeptic circles. Wikipedia has more information that seems at least reasonable.
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thenewgreen · 4715 days ago · link ·
Thanks for the link. Dawkins was putting on the moves in the elevator? Is that what I'm to understand? Hmm.
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d_e_solomon · 4715 days ago · link ·
Dawkins wasn't putting on the moves, he just responded in a questionable manner. Some other dude was putting on the moves :)
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