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PZ Myers Gets It--Sort Of!I'm not a big fan of PZ Myers. In fact, I'm not a fan of him at all. In fact, I despise the guy. But for some reason, I find myself perusing his blog daily. Why? I don't know! Masochism?!
But today, PZ managed to write a blog post which I can safely say I agree with wholeheartedly.
In his recent blog post, he laments on a rather nasty comment his fellow "freethought" blogger Ophelia Benson received on Twitter: "Maybe a vial of acid would do you some good. You already look like you were set on fire and put out with a wet rake."
To which PZ Myers made this remark:Throwing acid at women who offend them…why, that's what evil barbaric Muslims do!
Nope, now it's what atheists threaten to do.This led PZ to realize something that most other "logical and reasonable" atheists fail to realize: that lacking religi

Second Grader Suspended For Pop Tart GunFirst, you hear about a kindergartner getting suspended for playing with a pink soap bubble gun, and you think to yourself, "How can it get any worse than that?"
Then, you hear about the fifth-grader getting suspended for playing with a torn piece of paper like a toy gun.
"Okay, that was pretty :iconfluttershysqueeplz:ing stupid," you say, "but it can't get any dumber than that. What could possibly be dumber than that?!"
Well, just recently, a second-grader was suspended for shaping a "pop tart" into a gun and playing with it.
Oh yes, those toaster pastries may look

Open Letter To Tiffany WillisDear Tiffany Willis,
You argue in your recent article 10 Facts That Prove America Is Becoming More Liberal that Americans are becoming more "liberal" because more are supporting issues such as same-sex marriage, drug legalization, and immigration reform.
My first question for you, then, would be how do you define "liberal"? Do you define it by the classic definition or the modern definition? Are you a "classic liberal" or a "progressive liberal"?
I ask this because liberalism, as a philosophy, has changed over time. When it first originated, "liberalism" was about individual rights, limited government, and laissez-faire capitalism. In this sense, the Founding Fathers and other enlightenment thinkers such as John Locke, Adam Smith, and John Stuart Mill were "liberal"—that is, they were "classic liberals."
However, as times changed, so did liberalism. With the introduction of

14 Wounded In Texas College StabbingAt least 14 people were wounded yesterday during a stabbing spree at a Texas community college carried out by a knife-wielding 20-year-old student, who has since been charged with the attack.
Clearly this isolated incident highlights the problem of America's lack of knife control. Only by passing common sense knife legislation can we prevent another tragedy like this from happening again.
I propose background checks for knife purchases, and that knife owners be placed in a national knife registry. Anyone wishing to buy a knife must first receive extensive knife training. Civilians are to be restricted to purchasing butter knifes. Anything sharper are strictly off-limits.
Of course, knowing the rampant knife culture in this country, a reactionary organization will surely rear its head, probably naming itself the National Knife Association, and obstruct this legisl

American Gun Facts InfographWith stricter gun control looming on the horizon, do your duty and share this infograph with everyone, especially with well-intentioned fools who sincerely believe "less guns = less crime."

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Woodrow Wilson Was Not A Communistby ~BlameThe1st

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Rep. Allen West claimed Woodrow Wilson was a Communist. The 28th U.S. President was many things: Warmonger. Fascist. Racist. Xenophobe. Eugenicist. Communist? He was not.

Woodrow Wilson: Not Communist. Just evil.

~CapcomWarrior Mar 30, 2013 Student General Artist

I remember our WWI lessons in high school. Our teacher didn't really paint this guy in a positive light, she pretty much came out and said herself that he was a douche.

~BlameThe1st Apr 5, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

It's hard to paint him as anything but a douche.

~BorogoveLM Apr 7, 2013 Student Digital Artist

Eh. I think his ideas about self-determination were nice.

~CapcomWarrior Apr 5, 2013 Student General Artist

Yep.

~grimdrifter Mar 15, 2013 Professional Digital Artist

Wilson--> US enters WW1--> France, Britain, and US win WW1--> Treaty of Versailles--> Economic upheaval in Germany because of war reparations--> Rise of Nazism -->WW2 -->Cold War-->3rd world used by US and Soviets to fight proxy wars-->Blowback from proxy wars leads to world terrorism-->War on Terror.

While a flowchart would probably more appropriate, I am willing to bet that without Wilson as the 28th president, we wouldn't currently have a war on terror. That's my domino theory.

~BlameThe1st Mar 15, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

No surprise there. Most people can trace the current trend towards totalitarianism back to WWI and Wilson's administration.

~MadnessAbe Feb 27, 2013

I'm a Democrat and like the Democrat Presidents we've had, but even I hate Wilson. He nearly brought the U.S. to the closest thing to fascism.

~BlameThe1st Feb 28, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Pretty much him and every other president in the Progressive era.

~bttlrp Feb 24, 2013

Lol isn't the John Birch Society still calling him a communist after all these years?

~BlameThe1st Feb 25, 2013 Hobbyist General Artist

Why should I care about the reactionaries in the John Birch Society?

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