I came across this yet again on the latest episode of Truth Wanted, where co-host Dave Warnock decided to pretend that there’s only one side in any political debate.
Sorry, it just doesn’t work that way. Continue reading There Are Two Sides
Category Archives: Social Issues
Emotions on Your Sleeves
I know this is hardly a surprise but I just caught another instance and thought I’d bring it up. There are a lot of people out there who simply cannot keep their emotions in check. They clearly don’t even know that they’re doing it. Exactly why is that?
Dog-piling on Richard Dawkins
Not long ago, Richard Dawkins posted the above tweet and the leftist world shit it’s collective pants. What the hell else is new? Yet this time, I think people are starting to recognize the standard progressive dog whistle isn’t actually working. Lots of very influential people on the atheist and skeptical side are starting to ask questions and recognizing that this isn’t actually making any sense. So here’s my take on it and why none of this is actually a surprise.
Hope you enjoy.
What’s Stopping the World From Getting Better?
This came up in an atheist subreddit recently, where people were asking what’s stopping the world in general and humanity in particular from improving and my answer, as should be no surprise, is “stupid people”. It’s certainly more nuanced than that short answer, but I noticed that it was a pretty common answer to the thread.
Except a lot of those responding seem to be missing a very obvious problem: that it’s more than just the religious who suffer from this particular affliction. So let’s look at it. Continue reading What’s Stopping the World From Getting Better?
Is Slavery Actually Immoral?
I hear this a lot from the non-religious, as though it’s a demonstrated fact and it’s not actually true. Recently, I was listening to a lot of Atheist Experience clips and the subject of slavery comes up a lot. That’s fine, of course, but it also shows a very clear bias and irrational bent from Matt Dillahunty that I think it’s important to look at the problems with these claims. So off we go. Continue reading Is Slavery Actually Immoral?
The Absurdity of Race
I’ve been watching a bunch of Thomas Sowell videos of late and he’s always been someone I’ve enjoyed. He’s a black author and speaker who is staunchly conservative and thinks that most things the political left are doing is simply wrong.
And he’s completely right about that. But I don’t just accept what he says as gospel truth, I think there are some things he’s wrong about too. So let’s talk about it. Continue reading The Absurdity of Race
Are They Assholes Because They’re Gay?
This kind of thing has come up before but I ran into someone today who said they write “lesbian stories” and they wanted to know how to frame conversations between lesbians, as though that was different than conversations between anyone else.
And they’re just wrong. Here’s why. Continue reading Are They Assholes Because They’re Gay?
Every Character is NOT a Representative of Their Race!
I know that a lot of things are coming up social issues of late, but these are things that I never really get to talk about on my YouTube channel, so I’m going to put them here instead.
As a lot of people also know, I am an author and there’s a mess of identity politics currently polluting the writing game. People are concerned whether they’re allowed to write people who aren’t absolutely identical to who they are in real life and that’s just stupid, yet there’s no talking rationally to these regressive snowflakes because they’re not concerned about reality.
And here’s everything wrong with that. Continue reading Every Character is NOT a Representative of Their Race!
Critical Race Theory is Dumb
I found myself in a discussion recently about critical race theory. Yes, I know, it was a waste of time, but that’s what passes for pseudo-intelligent discourse online these days. So here’s what I think about CRT and racism in general and why I think the whole underpinnings are just absurdly nonsensical. Feel free to disagree in the comments and let’s have a discussion. Continue reading Critical Race Theory is Dumb
Your Feelings Don’t Override My Rights!
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This is one of those things that tend to come up quite often, especially when you’re getting into discussions on abortion and suicide, stuff of that nature. There are a lot of people, not just the religious although that tends to be where a lot of this comes from, who seem to think that their own personal discomfort at an idea somehow allows them to force those who engage in things they don’t like to stop.
And no, that’s not how any of this works. Continue reading Your Feelings Don’t Override My Rights!