Category Archives: When Bloggers Attack

Atheism+: Fighting Over Vaporware

Updated at the bottom Second update: I have put up another post here. My Grandfather (who is also an atheist) had a wonderful bumper sticker: “Dear lord, please save us from your followers!” I mention that because right now, that’s … Continue reading

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DUDEBROS w/ BLING 4 LYFE (and President)

Holy fuck, John Derbyshire got shitcanned at the NRO (old post, old news), but the crazy JUST KEEPS COMING! Like a Boss When it comes to being a rich guy, Mitt Romney should own it By Kevin D. Williamson Someone … Continue reading

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GirlWritesWhat Means Srs Bsns

I feel like my last post regarding GirlWritesWhat really didn’t do justice to the potential schadenfreude involved with this particular situation, so I’ll try and remedy that a little bit while presenting the current chapter of what is apparently a … Continue reading

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My Few Comments about Thunderf00t’s Hubris

Updated Below Those of you who know me know that I don’t particularly want to talk at length about the situation with Thunderf00t/FTB at the moment. My feelings about Da F00t’s conduct are practically a matter of public record, and … Continue reading

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PZ Myers and Matt Dillahunty: Hearing but Not Listening

One of the things that makes me heartsick is watching a fight between activists who focus on similar (but not the same) causes. It’s a waste of time, a waste of energy, and usually is caused by one of them … Continue reading

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YouTube and Scripps Are the Wrong Targets

So I’m on the Twitters yesteray, and I see that Greg Laden has a new post up: “Is Scripps News Service out of control?” *click* If corporations are people, there is an argument that Scripps News Service should have a … Continue reading

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An Open Reply

Update: The conversation is ongoing, but the points largely center around what is said here. Presented without complete introduction, I received this message from someone on YouTube, and am keeping the username anonymous. Thunderf00t and FtB A match made in … Continue reading

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Laden, Zvan, and a Series of Failures to Communicate

Update: It seems that Greg Laden has taken this criticism from sofiarune, myself, Erik, and others to heart, and is mass-replying to the commenters in Stephanie Zvan’s post even as we speak. We’ll see what comes of this. Update II: … Continue reading

Posted in Activism, Dwama, It Would Be Irresponsible Not To Speculate, Self-determination, The Inner Badger, TSCAC, When Bloggers Attack, When the Internet and RL Collide, WTF?

I’m looking at this in awe.

By “this,” I mean Thunderf00t’s second post at FreeThoughtBlogs (I thought it was his first one, but I was wrong): Now first let me say from a strategically point of view sexual harassment at conferences really is a non-issue (and … Continue reading

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BRETT KIMBERLIN IS THE WORST PERSON EVAR

I wasn’t originally going to post this, but the latest elements in the story leave me no choice. Okay, I have a choice, but it’s too funny not to share. Besides, TBogg was wondering why the Internet is growing less … Continue reading

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