Skepticism

Do You Judge Someone Based on Their Ideology?

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This evening, I had a conversation with two people on Twitter. We ventured into ideology. I made the following statement:

https://twitter.com/jeh704/status/586747968935440384

And yes, I truly believe that. It’s way more important for me that people of whatever ideology (political, religious, but in this case political) use reason to make their argument than spout some polemic that I can look up in a dictionary.

I received this response:

https://twitter.com/Ellesun/status/586749895014424578

Thanks Skep! You’re one of those people I truly respect. A person that doesn’t judge anyone based on anything other than their actual words; And their actions.

It’s essential to me, as a skeptic, yes, even as a conservative, that we not pretend to make judgements based on someone’s stated ideology, but only on what they actually say. More importantly, what they do.

My Interview on BlueBall Skeptics

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I forgot to mention that I was interviewed on the Blueball Skeptics podcast recently. Damion and Chas, BTW, are just great and we had a wonderful conversation.

They both wanted to understand how I could call myself a skeptic and atheist, while still holding true to basic conservative principles (small, non-intrusive, government).

I think you’ll enjoy part one. Part two, if I recall goes a bit deeper into topics which we were all interested.

You can listen to part one here. Part two, is forthcoming.

Atheist Men Are More Hateful Than Christians

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Well, what can anyone expect? How does Anita know that “atheist” men are more hateful?

This is what I’d call a “stupid person”. No more, no less. She constantly lies about and misrepresents any and all of those that may happen to disagree with her.

Why is it anyone pays any attention to her? I don’t get it but this tweet alone, without any attribution, says more than any of us could ever say about her.