Comments on: Yell at a Republican http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/ knowing how to win wars since before 1993 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:12:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: PZ Myers http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43752 PZ Myers Mon, 17 Apr 2006 21:41:46 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43752 You'd be a good one to yell at, sure. Republicans should be feeling a great welling of shame and self-loathing right now, though, so maybe that is a bit cruel. You're all beating yourselves up already, right? I insisted that I know more about Christianity than Christian commenters? I really missed that part. Although I will say that Christians who deny the Nicene creed are an, ummm, interesting bunch. I know Proverbs 11:29. I don't think placidity is the answer to the craphole your party has tossed us down right now. You’d be a good one to yell at, sure. Republicans should be feeling a great welling of shame and self-loathing right now, though, so maybe that is a bit cruel. You’re all beating yourselves up already, right?

I insisted that I know more about Christianity than Christian commenters? I really missed that part. Although I will say that Christians who deny the Nicene creed are an, ummm, interesting bunch.

I know Proverbs 11:29. I don’t think placidity is the answer to the craphole your party has tossed us down right now.

]]> By: Tman http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43757 Tman Mon, 17 Apr 2006 22:14:07 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43757 PZ Myers demonstrating yet again that just because you are smart enough to be an associate proffesor at a University doesn't mean you can't be a complete jerk at the same time. So PZ did you have fun stomping on the pre-school kids easter egg hunt yesterday? Is your voice sore from yelling at all of those republicans? As Jay Pinkerton says- "The central rallying cry of the new atheistic philosophy: "We Honestly Don't Have The First Fucking Clue What's Out There. But Come On — You're So Not Even Close." Yeah, what a great rallying cry you've got there PZ. And people wonder why the democrats slip fruther into irrelevance. Look no further than Mr. Myers folks. PZ Myers demonstrating yet again that just because you are smart enough to be an associate proffesor at a University doesn’t mean you can’t be a complete jerk at the same time.

So PZ did you have fun stomping on the pre-school kids easter egg hunt yesterday? Is your voice sore from yelling at all of those republicans?

As Jay Pinkerton says- “The central rallying cry of the new atheistic philosophy: “We Honestly Don’t Have The First ******* Clue What’s Out There. But Come On — You’re So Not Even Close.”

Yeah, what a great rallying cry you’ve got there PZ. And people wonder why the democrats slip fruther into irrelevance. Look no further than Mr. Myers folks.

]]> By: commissar http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43762 commissar Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:12:29 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43762 Spewing venom at everyone you disagree with isn't the answer. It might draw a lot of blog readers, but it isn't the solution to anything. Spewing venom at everyone you disagree with isn’t the answer. It might draw a lot of blog readers, but it isn’t the solution to anything.

]]> By: rbj http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43766 rbj Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:25:23 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43766 Not only is spewing venom not the answer, it actually hurts with regards to the evolution/intelligent design teaching debate. Rather than trying to calm religious folks with the idea that teaching evolution is not some insidious plot to dereligionize their kids, PZ's screed will only confirm to devout religious believers that science is hostile to religion. PZ, your spewing is as bigoted as anything Pat Robertson has said. I'm always concerned when people can't make arguments for something, and have to rely on tearing down others. Not only is spewing venom not the answer, it actually hurts with regards to the evolution/intelligent design teaching debate. Rather than trying to calm religious folks with the idea that teaching evolution is not some insidious plot to dereligionize their kids, PZ’s screed will only confirm to devout religious believers that science is hostile to religion.
PZ, your spewing is as bigoted as anything Pat Robertson has said. I’m always concerned when people can’t make arguments for something, and have to rely on tearing down others.

]]> By: PZ Myers http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43777 PZ Myers Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:45:00 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43777 And your post here isn't "spewing venom"? It's particularly cute how you put words in quotes that I didn't write. I guess Republicans don't yell. They just calmly lie. And your post here isn’t “spewing venom”? It’s particularly cute how you put words in quotes that I didn’t write.

I guess Republicans don’t yell. They just calmly lie.

]]> By: John the Marine http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43778 John the Marine Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:57:26 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43778 "I guess Republicans don’t yell. They just calmly lie." Well, PZ here is something you did say in quotes. I'd rather listen to civil lier than a screeming moonbat. The civil lier is more quiet and therefore easier to ignore. “I guess Republicans don’t yell. They just calmly lie.”

Well, PZ here is something you did say in quotes. I’d rather listen to civil lier than a screeming moonbat. The civil lier is more quiet and therefore easier to ignore.

]]> By: commissar http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43779 commissar Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:00:40 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43779 The shaded verbatim quote and my take on it (following 'Myers message') are obvious. My post is neither venomous nor untruthful. The shaded verbatim quote and my take on it (following ‘Myers message’) are obvious.

My post is neither venomous nor untruthful.

]]> By: Pixy Misa http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43783 Pixy Misa Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:26:04 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43783 <i>Republicans should be feeling a great welling of shame and self-loathing right now</i> Why is that, exactly? <i>You’re all beating yourselves up already, right?</i> I'm not a Republican, but an Australian Centrist, so I can answer that from the viewpoint of a disinterested party: No. What Republicans are doing is arguing about policy. <i>And your post here isn’t “spewing venom”?</i> No, it isn't. <i>It’s particularly cute how you put words in quotes that I didn’t write.</i> The post makes clear that this was not a quote, but a paraphrase. Republicans should be feeling a great welling of shame and self-loathing right now

Why is that, exactly?

You’re all beating yourselves up already, right?

I’m not a Republican, but an Australian Centrist, so I can answer that from the viewpoint of a disinterested party: No. What Republicans are doing is arguing about policy.

And your post here isn’t “spewing venom”?

No, it isn’t.

It’s particularly cute how you put words in quotes that I didn’t write.

The post makes clear that this was not a quote, but a paraphrase.

]]> By: j.d. http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43784 j.d. Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:27:32 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43784 Don't blame PZ. He just can't help but be himself. Don’t blame PZ. He just can’t help but be himself.

]]> By: PZ Myers http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43788 PZ Myers Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:59:24 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43788 Great! Then you can quit complaining, because neither is my post venomous nor untruthful. Great! Then you can quit complaining, because neither is my post venomous nor untruthful.

]]> By: M. Murcek http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43795 M. Murcek Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:49:53 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43795 The atheist crys "I need validation, dammit!" Who's listening? By their own lights, nobody at all. Tautology or Chinese handcuffs? The atheist crys “I need validation, dammit!” Who’s listening? By their own lights, nobody at all.

Tautology or Chinese handcuffs?

]]> By: Pixy Misa http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43812 Pixy Misa Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:03:05 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43812 PZ, your post is an incitement to venom-spewing. That was rather the point. PZ, your post is an incitement to venom-spewing. That was rather the point.

]]> By: rbj http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43837 rbj Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:02:56 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43837 To quote PZ: "Easter is a vile little holiday wrapped up in a façade of pretty dresses and chocolate eggs and happy children playing games on the lawn, but at its putrescent core lies 20 centuries of exploitation and dishonesty." 'Vile little holiday' 'putrescent core' 'exploitantion and dishonesty' are venom spewing. And no, I don't celebrate Easter either. But I also don't feel the need to belittle those who do, or their beliefs. To quote PZ:
“Easter is a vile little holiday wrapped up in a façade of pretty dresses and chocolate eggs and happy children playing games on the lawn, but at its putrescent core lies 20 centuries of exploitation and dishonesty.”
‘Vile little holiday’ ‘putrescent core’ ‘exploitantion and dishonesty’ are venom spewing.
And no, I don’t celebrate Easter either. But I also don’t feel the need to belittle those who do, or their beliefs.

]]> By: RC http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43906 RC Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:17:26 +0000 http://acepilots.com/mt/2006/04/17/yell-at-a-republican/#comment-43906 I've been waiting for PZ to do a little punctuated equilibrium into something a little more civil. I’ve been waiting for PZ to do a little punctuated equilibrium into something a little more civil.

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