RationalWiki:What is going on in the blogosphere?/September 2014

September 2014
The idea of "environmental classism" in America looks moronic now. National Review writer Kevin D. Williamson says women who have abortions should be hanged, and so should doctors, nurses and hospital staff. (Somebody's been reading The Handmaid's Tale.) Blowback's a bitch, China. Why academic writing stinks Focus on the Family offers handy tips for parents about teaching their children about homosexuality. "If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich." Why UN climate talks continue to fail Three sexist newspapers that completely missed the point of Emma Watson's UN speech (Daily Telegraph, The Star, Daily Mail) The “Emma You Are Next” site is an assault on the civil rights of women. (Looks like it's a hoax. But damn, anti-feminists have humiliated themselves yet again.) Ever wonder who brings the VA problems to light and why? There you go. Number #1 on Frank Luntz's Key Principles to Take Your Business from Ordinary to Extraordinary: Do not hire Frank Luntz. (The presser in question.) Hillary Clinton once wrote Saul Alinsky fan mail You hear that squealing off in the distance? That's Glenn Beck having an orgasm. In which Christopher "moot" Poole gets new mods in and kicks #gamergate off 4chan. NOT EVEN 4CHAN wants these people. Atlas Shrugged III reviewed. "A light went on. This film. What it is. What the book is. It’s the libertarian Left Behind." Next on the List of Questions that Would Garner an "Are You Crazy?" Reaction a Decade Ago: Is the GOP losing Kansas? Let's try this again: Why Scotland didn't secede: economics. "37 percent of Americans think a free press is overrated." Ah. Because the head-exploding nature of Republicans wanting to move to Canuckistan does not seem to be a joke. Cracked: A 90-Second Guide to Determine if Your Internet Cause Is BS "Just how secure is Xi Jinping, really?" Which Iraq War are you? "The Only Thing Unusual About Ray And Janay Rice Is That Anyone Noticed." NFL fans and MRAs are having a very poor year. Organized homeschooling's obsession with false reports of child abuse. Those RationalWikians of the "Yes" persuasion in the Scottish referendum should have a look at this. Update: No, stop downvoting, they should really look at this. White people refuse to believe black people's experiences. "Capt. Kirk vs. the Internet" Stung by Zoe Quinn's partial release of the IRC logs where they planned her harassment, the perpetrators of #GamerGate release 3,756 pages of full logs. They actually think this stuff makes them look anything not like pieces of shit. Even Albert Einstein once got fooled by a purported psychic. (HT PZ Myers.) Obama Outperforms Reagan on Jobs, Growth, and Investing. Skeptical Science launches a cheeky quote/caricature series called 97 Hours of Consensus. Do you still think #GamerGate was a spontaneous grassroots movement of any sort? Zoe Quinn has screenshots for you. People don't know how to find the true gems of the internet: The Most Underrated Websites Turns out you can do direct A/B comparisons on workplace gender discrimination: ask a transgender person. (Similar response comment on HN.) AlterNet looks at the men's rights movement Herbals, Dietary Supplements Linked To Liver Injury Willing to reconsider your no-byline policy, Economist? (Update: no, but they withdrew the review.) Muslims take the piss out of ISIS, using genuinely funny snark and satire. We at Rationalwiki salute you. Every time ISIS murders a journalist in broad daylight, there's only one conclusion. Shaking the foundation? -- DJ Grothe "no longer with JREF", LA offices closed and re-headquartered in Falls Church, VA Cracked strikes again. "6 Tricks I Learned as a Faith Healer (for Scamming You)" Jeff Berwick's Galt's Gulch in Chile isn't going well...