RationalWiki talk:What is going on in the clogosphere?

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[edit] Julie backs down

It would appear that Julie has deleted the opinion piece the wigo links to. Anyone have a copy? Yorick^{Doing public school work} 06:43, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

I've updated the WIGO to include a link to a mirror of her wonderfully offensive and confused opinions. --^{Ask me about our bathtub} 16:56, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Heidi Montag WIGO in retrospect

Thinking on this WIGO, is this necessarily an example of "the self-justifying logical gymnastics of the typical airhead Playboy model devout Christian!", or should the strikeouts be removed as they are the more appropriate reasons. Lets face it, this type of personality would be just as likely to say "Well, since evolution is ongoing, I'm just moving it along faster." Yes, she is a dimwit "devout Christian", but I think in this case, that's secondary to her "I'm a goddess" mentality. - Ravenhull (talk) 05:02, 27 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Chuck Norris?

Could anyone tell me why and how a second (or third) tier actor is an expert on international relations and law enforcement? As soon as anyone says "I agree with Glen Beck," I lose any shred of respect I may have had for that individual, not that I had that much for Norris to begin with...Historygeek2007 (talk) 18:07, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

• International Relations: Invasion USA
• Law enforcement: Walker Texas Ranger

QED. MDB (talk) 18:14, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

[edit] "Atheist hate speech"

What was that sign doing in the Capitol, anyway? It may not be hate speech but it is a violation of the Establishment Clause. ListenerX^TalkerX 05:05, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

It was near a nativity display. The Establishment Clause never said the government can't promote religion, just not one religion over another. So by having a nativity display they had to allow anyone to put what ever else they wanted there. To be honest it is a bit stupid all round. - User = π 05:09, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Fascism = leftism????

What is it with these people equating fascism with the left? Are they mad or what? ^yummy &  ^honey_{(or marmalade)} 07:30, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

The whole point of the exercise was to redefine left-right in such a way as to allow all the ideologies Farah didn't like as leftist, then declare himself a centrist and align himself ideologically on par with the "founding fathers". - User = 07:36, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

I thought fascism didn't really have anything to do with the left/right line, it was more to do with the authoritarian or nationalistic attitudes. But still, it's as the WIGO says, Farah, and most wingnuts in general, use a very over-simplified left/right line. In fact, it's barely even a line with degrees etched on it. It's all very "Us" and "Them", a mentality that goes well with most right-leaning paranoia. (And still, what's with the big type and one-sentence-per-paragraph thing?) ArmondikoV^{...I'll deconstruct your chisel!} 07:45, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

I love that he considers Anarchy "far right." That's possibly the funniest thing I've ever read. Anarchists in the political spectrum is like calling athiesm a religion. EDIT: I also agree with Pi, this was simply an exhibition in mental masterbation to declare an Andy-like "I don't agree with these people, therefore they're liberals (or leftists in this case) SirChuckB^{Whatever happened to Skip It?} 18:11, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

That must be the stupidest version of the political spectrum I've ever seen. Complete misconception of what communism & anarchism are about. ₩€₳$€£ΘĪÐ^{Methinks it is a Weasel} 18:37, 22 February 2010 (UTC)

He seems unable to grasp that totalitarianism can be on the left or the right and assumes that conservatism or the right is automatically synonymous with less government.  Lily ^{Ta, wack!} 16:25, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] AFA Geography

Iran/Iraq, they sound similar, they're roughly in the same place, they're both full of ragheads Mulims, they're both trouble whenever they're on the news, they must be the same thing, aren't they? Jack Hughes (talk) 15:57, 26 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Brent's TV pitch

It's been done! "Midsommer Murders" had a mad atheist woman murdering clergy a few years ago. ^{— Unsigned, by: 95.150.15.230 / talk / contribs} 14:12, 16 March 2010 (UTC)