RationalWiki:What is going on in the clogosphere?/April 2013

April 2013
Dennis Prager strikes again with an article that basically says, and feminists made college kids into depressed sluts. Also, the doctor with a PhD in this subject has no idea what she's talking about, unless it's on one of the occasions she's agreeing with me." B-but muh economies! Amidst rambles about upcoming abortion legislation in the Republic of Ireland, a right-leaning journalist has a eureka moment - of course! Lefties only care about gays and blacks because they "lost" the economy argument! And isn't it a little bit curious that the phrase is so similar to the one in the recent column by that fucker from that fucking paper? Rick Warren says that God and Allah are one and the same. This, of course, makes him a filthy liberal. Mama Schlafly calls for the return of the House Committee for UnAmerican Activies, this time going for Muslims. Only 13? Hint: It starts with "Both Hitler and Obama held rallies in outdoor stadiums" and goes downhill from there. The BBC gives oxygen to bullshit Reagan wasn't big gummint, the Tea Party hated Dubya, Dubya was intelligent and altruistic, his tax cuts created growth, and Keynesianism is actually market monetarism. Yes, and we're all on acid.

But at least sweatshops are not as bad as subsistence agriculture! Vox Day argues that softening immigration restrictions is "electoral suicide" for the GOP: "The legality or illegality [of immigration] has never been the issue. The issue has always been what it has been since the Israelites first immigrated to Canaan; the quantity." Yeah, the blood, gore and trauma are fake, you fucking scumbags Now you too can meet the wingnut of your dreams - Alex Jones has a dating site. The West, Texas explosion was totally Muslim terrorism, because fertilizer bombs were used in the Oklahoma bombing, and Saddam Hussein had a role in that. Ann Coulter: She "ought to be in prison for wearing a hijab."

The absurd anti-gay documentary, Criminalising Christianity, gets a second trailer, equating homosexuality with straight adultery (even though gay sex is adultery under biblical rules already, go figure). Guest spot from Peter LaBarbera, professional closet-dweller from Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, comparing gays to alcoholics. We sure got 'em good there, Pete! History will ultimately judge... Yeah, they've already judged. Atheism is a form of autism. Also, all autistic people are atheists because they don't have a section in their brain for faith. <vote poll=clog2706 closed="yes">Donald Trump reminds everyone that Jon Stewart is Jewish.

<vote poll=clog2704 closed="yes">Scoring points with the holocaust, classy. <vote poll=clog2703 closed="yes">Happy Eliminating All References To Him Day! <vote poll=clog2702 closed="yes">When conspiracy theories aren't killed at birth: [http://breakingobama.blogspot.com/2013/04/breaking-news-obama-protecting-son-of.html?spref=fb Saudi "person of interest" is Bin Laden's son and the Obamas are protecting him! TREASON!] <vote poll=clog2701 closed="yes">Wait a minute, so the amount of links from .edu sites determines validity. I can give arbitrary figures value too: guess what? The amount of lint balls you have determines your IQ. Get collecting! <vote poll=clog2700 closed="yes">Shorter Glenn Beck: [http://www.wnd.com/2013/04/beck-to-obama-come-clean-on-bombing-or-else/ Saudis! Saudis! Saudis! What is Obama hiding?] <vote poll=clog2699 closed="yes">Opposing oppressive governments is the same as breaking the speed limit: wrong Bernie Ecclestone is yet another rich fuckwit <vote poll=clog2698 closed="yes">[http://i.imgur.com/oijoJOz.png Ok Trump, have it your way. Let him die, we'll never know if he has larger ties to terrorism, thus making American security even worse than if we were able to interrogate him.] (Also, EMTALA, and this is Massachusetts, you cunt.) MORE: Behead him, like in the Middle Ages! <vote poll=clog2697 closed="yes">Bush kept us safe for 8 years! <vote poll=clog2696 closed="yes">Because, when there is an armed and dangerous man at large, everyone should be able to just casually walk around in the street. <vote poll=clog2695 closed="yes">An Arkansas Republican state legislator has a dignified, tasteful message for the people of Boston. Update: And now he's sorry (that he got called out on it). <vote poll=clog2694 closed="yes">The Sun (not the Daily Mail, the tweet is wrong), in its rabid attempts to show the evil old witch was loved, try to pass off a picture of last year's jubilee as a picture of her funeral <vote poll=clog2693 closed="yes">Ann Coulter has weighed and measured Marco Rubio, and has found him unworthy. Summon the RINO hunters! Purge the Heretic! <vote poll=clog2692 closed="yes">Eight years after the fact, Uncommon Descent defends Michael Behe's lacklustre performance at Kitzmiller v. Dover. Apparently, ID is only "based upon complexity appearing at the outset of life when life first arose, and the complexity that appears during the Cambrian Explosion." Shifting the goalposts much? <vote poll=clog2691 closed="yes">Argumentum ad cellarium has just entered the mainstream. <vote poll=clog2690 closed="yes">WND's Erik 'The Other' Rush has a typical right-wing, knee jerk reaction: Kill all Muslims. <vote poll=clog2689 closed="yes"> Somebody doctored footage from Family Guy following the Boston Marathon bombing, thereby proving to some commenters that the bombing was carried out by the government. UPDATE: The author of the post has challenged his critics to open debate. <vote poll=clog2688 closed="yes">Bomb dogs were carrying out an exercise at the Boston Marathon start and finish lines, thereby proving to some commenters that the bombing was carried out by the government. <vote poll=clog2687 closed="yes">I retract my earlier suggestion that Alex Jones go fuck himself. He needs to go fuck a running lawnmower. <vote poll=clog2686 closed="yes">Boston Marathon bombing: Fox News and New York Post claims a 20 year-old Saudi man was detained completely contrary to reality. <vote poll=clog2685 closed="yes">Not two hours after the Boston Marathon bombings, the nutcases are coming out to blame Saudis and Muslims and also falsely claiming that Wolf Blitzer was blaming the Tea Party. And Alex Jones can just go fuck himself. And the WBC predictably blames teh gayz. <vote poll=clog2684 closed="yes">Daily Mail imagines a world without Thatcher. <vote poll=clog2683 closed="yes">Who selects your op-eds, NYT? <vote poll=clog2682 closed="yes">The Right are horrified that the man who "stole Obama's teleprompter" received 7 years in Federal prison, neglecting to mention he stole the truck it was in, along with several others. <vote poll=clog2681 closed="yes">"If Babies Had Guns They Wouldn't Be Aborted" <vote poll=clog2680 closed="yes">According to the wizards at Breitbart.com, the liberal media is ignoring the Kermit Gosnell horror story. Even The Atlantic wants to know why this story isn't making headline news. The reality, however, is that conservatives have simply been ignoring the coverage until now. <vote poll=clog2679 closed="yes"> Christopher Monckton doesn't think chemtrails exist - a stopped clock moment for him, while chemmies have their own with their comments about his credibility! <vote poll=clog2678 closed="yes">Equality and Human Rights Commission: vegetarian kitchen workers should not be forced to handle meat. Daily Mail: "What an insult to Christians!" <vote poll=clog2677 closed="yes">Worth a read just to see a man who is famous for his anti-gay rants, thinks prostitutes aren't actually human beings, downplayed the Rwandan genocide because the victims were black, thinks the gypsies should be hated and shot at, and recently drove a woman to her death through harassing her in a newspaper, type the words "I've always considered myself a liberal in the truest sense of the word." (Warning: Daily Mail.) <vote poll=clog2676 closed="yes">Cristina Odone: The Human Rights lobby completely fails to understand that my imaginary friend is vastly superior to yours. (For the juxtaposition, here is the post where Odone laments that a Christian can't wear a cross to work.)

<vote poll=clog2674 closed="yes">A Moral Argument Against Darwinism, wherein Christian apologist Douglas Groothius apparently proves that Darwinism is false because racism is bad. <vote poll=clog2673 closed="yes">PETA draws moral equivalency between being a meat-eater and being a rapist. Way to win people over! <vote poll=clog2672 closed="yes">WND: A North Korean EMP attack could destroy America! <vote poll=clog2671 closed="yes">How to grievously insult Ray Comfort: call him a "bibliophile". (At least he did apologise.) <vote poll=clog2670 closed="yes">Christians crying and screaming again about how being asked to treat gays with some semblance of respect is "criminalising Christianity". Note that almost everything about the film is still "TBA". <vote poll=clog2669 closed="yes">A mildly disturbing campaign video from Oliver Healey of the English Democrats. The best bit comes at 4:00 in.