This should surprise no one, but here we go again. This is actually from an old episode of The Atheist Experience, but it shows just how poorly Matt’s thinking is when it gets to his emotional hot button issues.

We’ve been over this time and time again, but we can do it all again. So let’s watch the video first, don’t worry, it’s short, and then I’ll explain why he fucks up as badly as he does. See you below the fold.

 

Here’s the video in question.

Sadly, it seems that Matt hasn’t thought about his own flawed logic. So let me set this up for you if you didn’t want to watch the video. Someone called in and said that Matt’s logic was flawed, which it absolutely is. He gave the example of listening to trans people and then Matt exploded, because he’s an overly-emotional asshole when it comes to things like this, and said something along the lines of “when someone makes claims about gods, it’s an external claim” and then contrasts  that with what trans people claim.

Except they are also making an external claim. They are, to use Matt’s words, saying what they “are”. Not what they think they are. Not what they feel they are. What they are. Except that isn’t the case and cannot be justified with any demonstrable evidence.

So let’s set the whole trans thing aside for a moment and get on to something not nearly as emotionally charged. Furries. If someone says “I’m really a 90-foot long fire-breathing red dragon,” they are just wrong. It might be what they want to be. It might be how they feel, but that is not what they are. There is no evidence whatsoever that shows that there are any 90-foot long fire-breathing red dragons. Thus, no matter how you feel, you are not one of those.

Now are there people with gender dysphoria? Absolutely. That is a demonstrable medical condition. You don’t have it  because  you “feel like it”. It’s either a condition that you have or it is not and your feelings have nothing to do with it, any more than a person who “feels” that they’ve had an experience with a god actually has, just because they like the idea. A god is either real or not real and your feelings have nothing to do with it. A person is either trans or not trans and their feelings have nothing to do with it. One standard. Figure it out.

So a person who, out of the blue, decides that they’re a dragon or that they’ve experienced God or that they’re trans, they all should be treated the same way. How do you know that? Where is your evidence? Your feelings mean nothing at all.

Matt can’t handle that because of his particular proclivities and political opinions. He can’t have one and only one standard, any more than the religious can. He is doing the exact same thing that they are and for the same reasons. In this instance, he cares more about his emotional comfort than he does about demonstrable reality.

People really need to call him out on it more often but he’s an emotional wreck and attacks anyone who dares to disagree, just like the immature child that he is in this case. It doesn’t matter what you like. It matters only what is actually true and what evidence you can present in support.

Seriously, there is something very wrong with him, and lots of people on his side of the political aisle. It borders on delusional. I really think he needs help.