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Category Archives: Freethought Blogs
An Open Plea to the Atheist Community
No, it’s not about what you think. I just finished reading the following post by Ophelia Benson about The Apostasy Project. She quotes a short letter they received that quite literally made me cry: “I am an ex Muslim living … Continue reading →
Posted in Activism, Agnosticism, American Atheists, American Humanist Association, Atheism, Atheism+, Atheist Alliance of America, Atheist Nexus, Atheist Organizations, Bigotry, Black Atheists of America, Bullying, Camp Quest, Center for Inquiry, Charity, Facebook, Freethought Blogs, Freethought Society, FreeThoughtAction, Government, Institute for Science and Human Values, James Randi Educational Foundation, Law, Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, Protection, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, Secular Coalition for America, Secular Student Alliance, Secularism, Skepticism, Social Justice, Stiefel Freethought Foundation, The Brights, The Council for Secular Humanism, United Coalition of Reason
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Tagged agnosticism, Asylum, atheism, Godlessness, The Apostasy Project
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On Free Speech…
We need to have a sit-down about this whole “free speech” thing. Not because free speech is a fundamentally bad idea… it’s really not. In fact, free speech is not only a great idea, but extremely important in the advancement … Continue reading →
Posted in Atheism+, Bigotry, Bullying, Free Speech, Freethought Blogs, Government, Homophobia, Law, Misanthropy, Misogyny, Secularism, Sexism
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Tagged Atheist Bigotry, free speech, Freethought Blogs, Freeze Peach, Glenn Beck, government, Law, Protection
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An Open Letter to the Secular Community and it’s “Leaders”
(For context, read this, then read the responses here, here, here, here, here, and here. And here‘s another great response that you need to read.) It is an amazing time to be part of the secular movement. Look at what’s … Continue reading →
Posted in Activism, Atheism, Atheism+, Bullying, Feminism, Freethought Blogs, It's a Guy Thing, Misogyny, Secularism, Skepticism
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Tagged American Atheists, American Humanist Association, atheism, Atheist Alliance of America, Atheist Bigotry, Atheist Nexus, Black Atheists of America, Black Nonbelievers, Brights Central, Camp Quest, Center for Inquiry, Freethought Blogs, Freethought Society, FreeThoughtAction, Institute for Science and Human Values, James Randi Educational Foundation, Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers, Phone Numbers, Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, Secular Coalition for America, Secular Community, Secular Leaders, Secular Student Alliance, Secularism, skepticism, Stiefel Freethought Foundation, The Council for Secular Humanism, United Coalition of Reason
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Timeline of the University College London (UCL) Debate Debacle
I’m setting up this timeline as a reference of sorts for anyone who needs the information collected in one spot. Ophelia Benson started it off, so a huge, huge thanks goes to her. In fact, most of these links will … Continue reading →
Posted in Activism, Agnosticism, Atheism, Atheism+, Feminism, Freethought Blogs, Islam, Misogyny, Morality, Religion
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Tagged atheism, Chris Moos, feminism, Freethought Blogs, Gender Segregation, Hamza Tzortzis, islam, Islamic Education & Research Academy, Lawrence Krauss, misogyny, Ophelia Benson, sexism, Univeristy College London
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Conversation with Joseph Zhang
Note: This post, and the comment thread, is ONLY for Joseph Zhang and myself. I’ve opened a general comment thread where others can post to discuss this if they so choose. If you are not Joseph Zhang, and you comment … Continue reading →
Posted in Activism, Atheism, Atheism+, Bullying, Feminism, Freethought Blogs, Misogyny, Morality, Religion, Skepticism, Trigger Warning
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Tagged atheism, Atheist Bigotry, bullying, Canada, feminism, Freethought Blogs, homophobia, Men's Rights, Misandry, misogyny, MRA, MRM, Racism, Transphobia, TRIGGER WARNING, United States
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Anatomy of a Bully
Have any of y’all ever heard of Wooly Bumblebee? I hadn’t, until I read this post from her called “The Anatomy of a Bully”. I actually agree with her definition. I agree with how she spells it out and everything. … Continue reading →
Posted in Activism, Atheism+, Bullying, Feminism, Freethought Blogs, Misogyny, Morality, Protection, Trigger Warning
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Tagged A+, atheism, Atheist Bigotry, bigotry, bullying, Children, feminism, Freethought Blogs, homophobia, Jennifer McCreight, misogyny, Racism, Victims, Wooly Bumblebee
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Atheism+: What it is, and Why I want to be a Part of It
I don’t know if any of y’all read Freethought Blogs. If you do, awesome! If you don’t, I suggest you start. They’re pretty awesome over there. In fact, Freethought Blogs has become my favorite atheist blog online, followed closely by … Continue reading →
Posted in Atheism, Bullying, Feminism, Freethought Blogs, Misogyny, Skepticism
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Tagged atheism, Atheist Bigotry, Blag Hag, Elevatorgate, feminism, misogyny, Skepchicks, skepticism
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What Kind of Person Does This?
In case you hadn’t heard: The Freethoughtblogs network was recently informed that former Freethoughtblogs blogger thunderf00t has been forwarding private emails from the private FTB email list. He has not only been forwarding emails sent during the short time he … Continue reading →
Posted in Bullying, Feminism, Freethought Blogs, Misogyny, Privacy, Skepticism, Thunderf00t
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Tagged Atheist Bigotry, bullying, feminism, Freethought Blogs, misogyny, Privacy, Thunderf00t
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Nathan Hevenstone
The Terrifying Pharyngula Commentariat
I don know if you’ve heard, but, apparently, Ed Brayton, the founder of Freethought Blogs, has started a cult. It includes a comment about the Pharyngula Commentariat, made by Ed himself: I tend to bristle at the idea of judging … Continue reading →