Sometimes when I write or speak, I do so for entertainment. So if I feel like saying "people who believe in ghosts are tards" or "Jenny McCarthy is a magnanimous twat who knows nothing about medicine", I'm doing it because I feel like saying it, not because I'm trying to convince anyone that I'm right.
Barack Obama is a moron for running his mouth about the AZ immigration bill before reading it.
No, I don't feel like repeating what he said. Yes, I've read the bill. The whole little tiny thing. And yes, he said some asinine, non-factual things about it.
I'm not trying to prove anything; just make a statement. Something that the "skeptics" out there sometimes forget that other people do sometimes.
Nickelback sucks.
No, I'm not going to write a dissertation on why they suck; they just do. Agree with me or flame me.
There is no Bigfeet. Get over it morons.
No, I don't care if I'm hindering your skeptical "movement" by being mean. What's more, I don't give a rat's ass if it helps your movement either.
This is exactly why I had such a long hiatus from blogging the last year or two. This blog is for me to say what's on my mind, not support this new "movement" created by a bunch of pussy-footing pastoral wannabe tyrants. Maybe I feel like telling the world that Glen Beck is a tool, or that Rebecca Rosen's "powers" are useless even if they are real. Which, for the record, they are not.
Sylvia Browne is a fat bitch.
I don't think I'll have much trouble getting resounding agreement to that statement.
In the end, I consider myself a skeptic for the simple reason that I do not accept any claim or belief as true without some sort of empirical proof. Am I wrong for posting my opinion? I'd like the skeptics and Tru Bleevers out there both to understand one thing:
If someone makes a claim and has no evidence to back it up, I am free to make fun of them until they do so.
Believe that.
Damn straight 100%.
ReplyDeleteAgreed totally.
ReplyDeleteAlthough "magnanimous" is generally a compliment, suggesting that a person is very forgiving.
But other than that pedantry, right on!
Although "magnanimous" is generally a compliment, suggesting that a person is very forgiving.
ReplyDeleteI use it as a synonym for "great/powerful mind/spirit/soul".
Feel free to be pedantic here; sometimes my snarkiness doesn't express itself properly over teh nternetz.
Definitely with you there, even though I do tend to like feeling like I'm a part of some vague sort of "movement."
ReplyDeleteI'm just sick of the concern trolls who think there is a One True Expression of Skepticism. We need the guys who place "nice," but I'm living proof that "mean" is equally valid: It was the "mean" skeptics and atheists who wouldn't back down to spare my feelings who swayed me. I didn't want to be treated like a delicate flower, I wanted bluntly honest discussion.
Anecdote! Anecdote! You're not allowed to do what you want! Be nice!
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