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kleinbl00 · 4715 days ago · link · · parent · post: In case you missed the other site's recent debacle - Skepchick: Reddit Makes Me Hate Atheists
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.