The Atlas Asylum of absurd/ignorant posts IX

[Kingpoleon]

Nordic is effectively a linguistic category

[Kingpoleon]

Does France have laws about this (I imagine things like libel laws might apply, as might any anti-racism laws France might have)? Forcibly shutting down the magazine or forcing the sacking of person involved would probably be the right outcome here.

What kind of American thinks magazines should be shut down for being racist?

The kind of American who thinks hate speech shouldn't be covered by the First Amendment?

Authoritarianism is a growing ideology on Atlas.

[Kingpoleon]

Pretty sure Christopher Hitchens took the worst possible position on every single issue. See his take on women in comedy for a great video.

It was true and you know it lol.

Women don't have to put on a show generally, they are the show, as it were.

I would give the context of what Hitchens said, but I think the last sentence alone demonstrates a monstrous degree of sexism.

[Kingpoleon]

Wait, is it anti-Semitic to want people to convert to your religion?

Yes.

Interesting definition of anti-Semitism here.

[Kingpoleon]

Christians have had centuries to articulate decent counterarguments to secular philosophies, and in that period of time their greatest accomplishment has been associating atheism with a type of unflattering headgear that stopped being relevant in 2004.

On the contrary. The charge of atheism has become so toxic that Bernie Sanders and AOC have felt the need to explicitly deny such charges.

One in four “non religious” Americans - a category I have voraciously attacked before - say they would be less likely to vote for someone who doesn’t believe in God.* “Decent counter arguments” are widespread, not the least of which is natural law, which an atheist by definition can’t believe in.

* https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/05/29/americans-are-somewhat-more-open-to-the-idea-of-an-atheist-president/