Philosophy, Ethics, Atheism, Nietzsche
George is an old friend here at Camels With Hammers, a poster whose extremely perceptive comments (both emotionally and intellectually) inspired me to write many of my favorite posts (more than I can remember offhand, but most memorably including Character As Fate And Environment As Variability, On The Meaning Of Meaning, The Complicated Relationship Of An Apostate To [...]
“William”, the 23 year old male blogger behind You’re Not Helping had claimed to be several people, including an older woman (whose alleged presence he tried to use as a license to treat Ophelia Benson in a sexist manner). Earlier tonight he confessed to being just one blogger and to writing comments under pseudonyms to [...]
You’re Not Helping responds to my defense of the Freedom From Religion Foundation: Camels with Hammers has posted a bit of commentary on the Do Nothings. First and foremost, they cry foul on us for unjustly misrepresenting the goals of the FFRF Wait, no, first and foremost, I agreed with You’re Not Helping that it is unfair to accuse [...]
Some atheists online have mocked calls for prayer made by Obama and legislators. You’re Not Helping argues that while there is clearly something awful about treating prayer as a substitute for practical action (such as when true believers in “faith healing” forgo actual medical treatment for prayer) not all those who turn to prayer are [...]
people had taken PZs post to the extreme of trying to invade this 18-year-old high school student’s personal life with focused harrassment and vituperation on not only an internet comment board, but in person via his personal phone number and *again very, very disturbing* actual physical home/family, as well.
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