Fundie Fight Club
Folks, in 1998, I decided to get in some “good trouble” by quietly picking a fight with a racist evangelical college in South Carolina. I published evidence of something they didn’t want to put...
Tagged: Religion and Spirituality
If you have two religions in your land, the two will cut each other’s throats; but if you have thirty religions, they will dwell in peace. – Voltaire
Collusion is For the Weak
Periodic reminder that collusion is for the weak. No one is going to forget your shame when this is all over. I’ve been a civil liberties activist for DECADES. That hasn’t changed just because...
Religious Pro-Tip: You Are Not Being Oppressed When
Religious Pro-Tip: You are NOT being oppressed when: you are not allowed to force others to pray you are not allowed to make others be silent in order to make it easier to dominate...
Cancel Culture: A Brief History
Social Conservatives in the 1920s: CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL!!! Social Conservatives in the 1930s: CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL!!! Social Conservatives in the 1940s: CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL!!! Social Conservatives in the 1950s: CANCEL CANCEL CANCEL!!! Social Conservatives...
Things I learned from Christian Conservatives Today
So, I’d like to introduce a new and irregular series for your reading pleasure (or sadness, whichever): “Things I learned from Christian Conservatives Today” 1 – Donald Trump will win the election because basically...
Loving the “Sinner” But Hating the “Sin” Isn’t Actually a Thing (and Stuff)
Loving the “Sinner” But Hating the “Sin” Isn’t Actually a Thing (and Stuff) Photo credit: Stuck in Customs via RemodelHunt / CC BY-NC-SA So, after the horrible mass murders of a mostly Latino...
Don’t Be So “Offended” About “Political Correctness”, Mr. Social Conservative Hand-Wringer Guy
New Speak Pro-Tip: When social conservatives whine about everyone being “politically correct“, that is their way of saying they are OFFENDED. You know, that same word – OFFENDED – that they’ve spent the last...
Losing to Hate (or Ignorance and Fear are not Virtues)
Travis Gettys, reporting for Raw Story on, Muslim woman shot at and another nearly run off the road in Tampa after leaving mosques: Someone fired at least one gunshot at the woman as she...
Cashiers Are Human Beings
If you were praising Jesus and leading the family prayer on Thursday and then treating retail employees like garbage on Black Friday, “Satan” isn’t the problem. It is YOU. Own that shit. Act...
Homophobic Wingnut Says What? (or Don’t Start None, Won’t Be None)
I usually posted the hate mail that I received at The Multiracial Activist. People would lose their shit when they saw their ignorance on full display. I was careful to scrub email addresses and...