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Much as I like the idea of a rubric's cube, it's spelled Rubik's cube. (Now what would a rubric's cube…
Great response to the Mace bill by AOC (video at link).
@bcb: Sometimes I think the whole election was an elaborate murder-suicide plot that the entire country is carrying out.
@Megalodon: They've made it clear that their first target is trans Americans. They'll get to that mass deportation stuff when…
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Category Archives: Civility & norms of discourse
Chait Criticizes Exactly The Kind Of Speech We Should Want More Of
Jonathan Chait’s attack against “Political Correctness” is the talk of the interwebs. He mixes a few examples of genuinely bad, but also rare and unrepresentative, anti-speech efforts (MacKinnon in 1992 (!), a student whose anti-feminist article led to his apartment … Continue reading
13 Notes About #GamerGate
1) Gamergate started out with a huge misogynist outburst against (female and feminist) game developer Zoe Quinn. The term “gamergate” itself was coined by right-wing actor Adam Baldwin (of Firefly fame), endorsing a Youtube video which falsely accused Quinn of … Continue reading
Proportions and Death Threats, and Blockbots, and Men Policing Women’s Responses
I think this is a good argument, and a good thing for both sides of any large internet dispute to keep in mind. (And something that I have sometimes failed to keep in mind.) The writer is Chris, who is … Continue reading
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Being called racist or sexist does not “destroy” people, and, Joseph Levine’s defense of calling someone an awful human being
On drawing breaks lately, I’ve been leaving comments on Ozy’s blog, which I feel a bit guilty about since I’ve been neglecting my own blog. (Leaving comments on someone else’s blog is, somehow, easier and quicker for me than writing … Continue reading
Interesting Bloggy Debate About Inclusivity
in·clu·siv·i·ty ˌinklo͞oˈsivitē/ noun 1. An intention or policy of including people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized. I thought this inter-blog debate was interesting. It started with Apophemi, whose views I mostly agree with (at least in this post). … Continue reading
If there is no Objective Moral Truth, how do you know that it’s bad to be unkind or unjust?
As I understand it, an “objective moral truth” would be a morality that exists outside the human mind. In this view, a moral statement like “theft is wrong” has a truth independent of human belief, like “the moon orbits the … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Civility & norms of discourse
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A few random thoughts regarding civility and blog moderation
Over at Family Scholars Blog, the powers-that-be are planning to modify their moderation policy, and they’ve asked bloggers there to throw in some thoughts about civility over the next month. So this is a post I wrote for FSB, in … Continue reading
The Southern Poverty Law Center Is Not The Problem
Dana Milbank argues that it is irresponsible for the Southern Poverty Law Center to classify the Family Research Center as a “hate group.” Milbank’s main argument, used twice, is that it’s wrong to include the KKK and the FRC on … Continue reading
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Rod Dreher’s Claims of Special Treatment for Homosexuality are False
[This is a response to this post by my friend Elizabeth on Family Scholars.] Far from asking good questions, Rod Dreher’s blog post about the Regnerus study asked leading questions with ugly and false implications. In particular, Dreher claims — … Continue reading
Thanks for the catch! And, I have no idea whatsoever what a rubric's cube would be or would do. But…