This movement has been the enemy of both science and humanity from day one, something I've been saying a lot, and today, I finally get round to explaining why. This piece has been stewing in my mind for a while now, and it began with this video, which you may want to hold off on…
Debunking the Congenial Iconoclast on Logic
The Congenial Iconoclast is a failed epistemologist, and I think I know why. His what-I-have-a-hard-time-calling "understanding" of logic (live version here, archived version here) is incredibly obtuse, to the point where it even confused me a couple of times. However, just because something is confusing, doesn't mean it is beyond one's understanding; it could simply…
Aspects of Thought and Ways of Thinking
Over two years ago now, I wrote an article titled There are Two Types of People as a way of explaining some basic psychology. As tempted as I was to re-publish it here, I think I can simply include all of the points I need while taking an entirely different approach to the topic. See,…
Progressive Christianity
Have you ever noticed that authoritarian moral busybodies all sound the same, save for a few words that could be exchanged like a game of mad libs? Fundies and progs alike are basically the same thing. I have mentioned that creationists and communists are the same thing, Nazis were Christian creationists (right, details; creationism is…
Tea Leaves
I have heard it said that you should never accuse someone of lying unless you can immediately prove two things: first, that what the person said was false, and second, that the person knew it was false when they said it. A similar rule applies to plagiarism, though that subject is an entirely different kettle…
Ideological Grifting
Ideological grifting is the practise of peddling an ideology that you yourself do not subscribe to. The best-known example is the atheist televangelist... by which I mean a televangelist who is secretly atheist, if you couldn't already gather. However, because the left and the "right" are both guilty of the same bloody bollocks, religious people…
Don’t Debate Ideologues
Simply mock them, because that’s what they will do to you, whether you are aware of it or not. This is a little piece of advice that I first gave about a year and a half ago, and hopefully, this time round will be a bit better, since I'm not working backwards like I was…
Deceptive Rebranding: YEC
Well friends, I missed last week's post, because despite my habit of writing articles ahead of time and then scheduling them for publication every Thursday, I didn't have one ready last week. I was busy, and I have since come across some new information that explains where a lot of the nonsense I like to…
Deceptive Rebranding: Introduction
A true ideologue, by definition, does not change their position when proven wrong. If unable to win an ideological argument, they will redefine terms so that they are ontologically correct. The left and the right are both guilty of this, and I will now explain why. This series is, despite my usual dose of snark,…
The Duality of Creationism and Communism
Creationism and communism are the same thing. Screech all you want, but it only belies your position as one or the other. Run along now, you whiney little tosser. For the rest of you... The Theory of Evolution is the best-supported theory in all of science. However, to this day, it remains one of the…
Sasha V's Sesquipedalian Soliloquies 