It’s ok, I know I’m horrid
*update* This blog post is being linked to around the web by people trying to misinterpret what it is I have written. A while ago I wrote my thoughts about how people hold people who identify as ‘skeptics’ accountable for their behaviour and how it might not be fair due to unfair expectations. As I wrote critically about another blogger, she and her friends objected to what I had said and largely made their objections personal. As a result I wrote a post called ’young, female and vocal‘, but since then I have had it explained to me that people abuse me because I’m a horrible person – and not because I’m young, female and vocal despite the fact that ageist and gendered language was being used against me by those concerned.
The shadow cast by The Sunshine Man
I can remember when my grandad found out about me being on the news because I had challenged the claims being made by HOTS Bath and the illnesses they claimed. He exclaimed that it was sometimes best just to leave people to it and not get involved (until he saw the news, that is, then he fully agreed with the complaint). I don’t think I’ll ever be the type of person to ‘leave people to it and not get involved’ because of stories like this:
Freethinker of the Month
The Fayetteville Freethinkers just made my day. I just found out that they made me their ‘freethinker of the month’ after reading the article I was recently asked to write for the latest edition of Skeptical Inquirer about my complaint to the ASA about HOTS Bath. You should check out the Fayetteville Freethinkers site and forum – I love seeing successful grassroots organisations like this that really work. and these guys have been going since 1998 – when I was just starting Senior School. Thank you to them for this kind honour.
Also, thank you to all of those who have read the SI article and then made contact with kind words afterwards. It does mean a lot – and the end of the article… I meant every word of it.
My saddening experience with r/atheism
Just four days after Jen McCreight wrote about awful comments being made about her by people on the r/atheism group on Reddit I logged into my website stats and noticed a huge amount of hits from r/atheism, and my heart sank.
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