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June 6, 2015

[PSA] Feminist Frequency: In Breach of Non-Profit Legal Obligation #Gamergate

Posted by franc under censorship, cults, disinformation, ethics, gender feminism, hyperreality, identity politics, misandry, moral panic, propaganda, pseudo-science, yellow journalism | Tags: , , , , , , , , |
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Typical social commentary from Sarkeesian [click to enlarge]

This popped up on Twitter and needs wider dissemination.

It’s bad enough that Anita Sarkeesian is a flagrant con artist milking, realistically, 100’s of thousands of dollars out of the gender hysteria industry from a combination of thoroughly debunked pseudo-sociology desperately seeking to establish a causative link between gaming and sexism, and perpetual “damsel in distress” mewling victim psychodramatics (which, ironically, is one of the main recurring complaint themes in Sarkeesian’s meagre video output) – but she is doing so with the same tax-exempt status as legitimate charities that actually attempt to help their communities.

Reproduced in full from –

http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1smhvea

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Feminist Frequency: In Breach of Non-Profit Legal Obligation #Gamergate

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November 30, 2013

One Of These Men…

Posted by franc under cults, great idiots of the world, pseudo-science, pseudo-skepticism, stupidity, toilet slaves, yellow journalism | Tags: , |
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May 19, 2013

The Skepchick 12 Steps

Posted by franc under cranks, cults, drugs, education, new new atheism, pseudo-science | Tags: , , , , , , , , , |
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The Skepchick Serenity Prayer – click to embiggen

A twelve-step program is a set of guiding principles (accepted by members as ‘spiritual principles,’ based on the approved literature) outlining a course of action for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioral problems. Originally proposed by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) as a method of recovery from alcoholism, the Twelve Steps were first published in the book Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism in 1939. The method was then adapted and became the foundation of other twelve-step programs. — the cesspit of lies

Powerlessness, Twelve-Stepism, and the Siege Mentality

    “We admitted we were powerless over alcohol–that our lives had become unmanageable.”

The idea that he is powerless over alcohol lets the user off the hook by absolving him from personal responsibility for his addiction while simultaneously granting ultimate power to the addiction itself, power so great as to be invincible by human standards. (more…)

 

February 26, 2013

This Is What Harriet Hall Gets For Negotiating With Terrorists

Posted by franc under disinformation, gender, hyperreality, misandry, new new atheism, nihilism, populism, propaganda, pseudo-science, pseudo-skepticism, stupidity, toilet slaves, yellow journalism | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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The humility of a psychopath. Otherwise, I’m quite speechless.

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https://phawrongula.wikia.com/wiki/TAM_2012_T-Shirt_Manufacturversy

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October 28, 2011

Be Constructive With Your Whining – Phawrongula.wikia.com

Posted by franc under censorship, fascism, great idiots of the world, hyperreality, idiocy, internet, misandry, moral panic, new new atheism, nihilism, pseudo-science, pseudo-skepticism, puritanism, shrieking hysteria, toilet slaves, yellow journalism | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
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Click to enlarge. You know you have to.

Yes, it’s nice to blow off steam whining here, ERV, TOA or ‘tardbook etc. but it achieves nothing. Introducing –

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The true imbecility of The Naked Emperor, the Pharyngudroid baboon troop and the miscellaneous other demagogue dung merchants that comprise freefromthoughtblogs needs to be catalogued in an ordered and constructive manner for the world to see.

There is still a nonsense impression too many people have that any information bearing the PZ Myers brand is somehow “authoritative”. Haha. Anyone with integrity or dignity needs to get over that real fast, for their own sake. (more…)

 

September 12, 2011

9/11 Ten Years On – The Loons Come Out To Play (again)

Posted by franc under conspiracists, cranks, great idiots of the world, idiocy, nonsense, propaganda, pseudo-history, pseudo-science, stupidity, terrorism | Tags: , , , , |
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Probably the greatest delusion of the 21st century is that secularism is somehow less insane around its fringes than theism.

And now that 9/11 is being remembered a decade on, it is as inevitable as night following day that the Truthers will come slithering out of their dung piles to rub our noses in their nonsense all over again.

So there is no surprise finding this gem deposited on my ‘tardbook news feed –

What dumber than dogshit looks like

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March 24, 2011

Barbarians at the Gates

Posted by franc under carbon, conspiracists, cranks, environment, global warming, politics, propaganda, pseudo-science, shrieking hysteria, stupidity | Tags: , |
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Melbourne protester - the only expert you really need

They claim it was 3000 (and one shill 4000), but the realistic estimate is around 1000 protesters actually showed up in Canberra and several hundred in Melbourne.

This was despite the protests being organised by 2GB’s impeccably credentialed Chris Smith (and every other maniac right talk-back hystericist in the country) and the very official sounding Consumer and Taxpayers Association who don’t seem to have a website or any presence in google other than this page at nocarbontaxrally.com and who’s contact email is cata@hotmail.com.au (seriously). They even chartered buses for the Canberra showing and printed a pile of handy protest placards for participants too lazy and/or uncreative enough to have their own. Another site also provided printable templates and instructions for making a Ju-Liar mask (this site also has a link to the CATA organisers – it 404s) which maybe 2 people actually made. (more…)

 

February 28, 2011

The Gibberish Factory 2: Homeopathy Madrassas

Posted by franc under alt.medicine, cranks, homeopathy, nonsense, pseudo-science | Tags: , , |
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Samuel Hahnemann: crank-in-chief; hater of coffee

If homeopaths called themselves placebo therapists, nobody would have a problem with them.

This is not a flippant observation, nor one that is openly contemptuous despite the fact that homeopaths go out of their way to invite contempt. Placebos have been seen to show actual therapeutic benefit in some cases in controlled experimental environments and have approximately the same success rate as homeopathy. It’s all there in the 1000’s of independent research papers that the closed minded, communist fascist BigPharma controlled scientific community is apparently suppressing.

There is also another major benefit that could be realised if water quacks called themselves placebo therapists – they would be perceived as being honest. The honesty would be beyond dispute and it is a universally admired trait that money simply can’t buy. Unlike homeopathy “degrees” which have the same academic prerequisites as getting a boob job and for the right price can be purchased anywhere.

It’s quite the little industry too. If you are going to build a career in parting fools and money, you have to get hands on expertise in being the fool who money is parted from. (more…)

 

February 15, 2011

The Gibberish Factory

Posted by franc under alt.medicine, cranks, homeopathy, nonsense, pseudo-science, skepticism | Tags: , , , , , , |
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Contrary to popular belief, there are enormous inherent dangers to the seemingly safe and natural practice of homeopathic therapy. In fact, every year thousands of innocent people fall victim to the tragedy of accidental homeopathic overdose.

They drown.

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All jokes aside, whilst the best response in most cases to the alt.medicine brigade (entirely impervious to reason, shame and common decency) is ridicule, it has to be remembered that the industry as a whole is entirely complicit in largely unpublicised, yet extremely widespread needless misery, suffering and death.

The abuses range from the extreme where a couple allowed their baby daughter to die of eczema (try and think of a worse way to die) by withholding conventional medical treatment and opting for homeopathy (more…)