Dude, Marokai, even Hockeydude can tell this guy's a chode.
This is really not the hill you want to die on.
When did I deny that he's a chode? Depicting me as furiously running defense for him and "dying on this hill" is a fairly disingenuous depiction of my posts in this thread; though this has never stopped you before. Dude's a dick, I just enjoy his show.
, you were obviously running defense for him (we can quibble over the semantics of "furiously"– your word, not mine, mind– but that's a strawman), what you've just said is fair as far as it goes but is also clearly a backpedal. As for disingenuous, I'd take a look at your own characterizations of feminism (and seeming willingness to always give their critics the benefit of the doubt, but never vice versa) first before you start throwing around accusations.
Also, nice sig. I still don't have the time to properly respond, IRL is busy at the moment, but fine, at some point I'll necro that thread and give it the thorough response it apparently needs.
He's the only atheist that certain posters can think of so they keep running posts about him (but 'omgjesuswonderful'), thinking anyone really gives a sh-t. Terry Pratchett died and wrote some of the most eloquent statements of humanism or non-belief you can find, but you'll never find anyone ever put him and his ethical system to a vote. No; you'll get TheAmazingAtheist, Harris, Hitchens and Dawkins on a perpetual loop.
Uh, no? Of course I know Pratchett and he is wonderful, as are many other atheists. There's a certain subset of folks who think their "so edgy" atheism gives them license to be sexists and bigots and all-around assholes, and that is a trend which is worth countering. My impression is that it's a trend that Pratchett himself would wish to counter, in fact! It's a total strawman to say that the folks who criticize these people do so because of religion, many of them are humanists themselves and do so out of deeply humanist impulses.
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