This is by far the most awesome pwnage I have ever had the privilege to witness on Youtube. Or anywhere else for that matter. Do not be put off by the video's length. This is a must see video that I believe will be the downfall of the insidious lies and misrepresentations of those that have derailed the sceptic/atheist community for over a year.
Enough is enough.
That is all.
It is petty personal attacks (from both sides) like the linked video that make me glad I only touch on the edges of skeptic and atheist groups. Most of what I hear about is the bickering and in-fighting, and it is quite a turn off.
ReplyDeleteQuite! I hope this, and Justin Vacula's appearance at Women in Secularism 2 will be the end of it.
DeleteThey will continue to peddle their worthless wares, but what remains of their influence beyond scepticism and atheism will follow them around like the stench of a bad cigar.
Good riddance.
I don't think we'll see the end of the conflict for awhile. Controversy can provide a significant boost to traffic and ad revenue, and we've all seen how it can turn mediocre bloggers into celebrities who are then able to land lucrative speaking engagements. As long as there are rewards to be had, there isn't much incentive for some of the worst offenders to stop. Besides, I think that some have convinced themselves that theirs really is a just crusade for social justice and that their sort of "pot stirring" is having positive results.
ReplyDeleteAs for the video, it was certainly worth a watch. I've been following the divide in our community on and off for awhile, but there was quite a bit in this video I hadn't heard about or had heard about only in passing. The unfortunate thing is that the author will simply be demonized by those behaving badly, as they will almost certainly fit his material into their threat narrative.
That is exactly what has happened!
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Nothing will be successful against those fools until we "Normal" folk start to ignore & distance ourselves from them. Whatever they say (unless IRL harmful) should be treated with the contempt it deserves & it should be as if they don't exist. Only then will anybody in charge of booking speakers for events (who wants to hear Watson drone & whine about "Misogyny" AGAIN) stop hiring them to speak & people stop visiting their blogs. When their income is cut off (along with their credibility) they can move on to something else & have a go at destroying that instead.
ReplyDeleteThis is Youtube gold. I love the music and the dog stories, but most of all I love the way Mykeru shows up these evil hypocritical megalomaniac clowns.
ReplyDeleteLast time I checked, Freethought Blogs's traffic has been on the decline. More and more people are realizing that people like PZ Myers, Ophelia Benson et al. are nothing more than a bunch of drama queens who manufacture controversy just to get more ad revenue.
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