The Meek Shall Call Those Who Disagree W...

Last night an atheist Facebook friend of mine posted a status update saying that she’d been banned from a page called Short Little Rebel, a fanpage for a blog of the same name, written by a woman named Susan Shannon. I often browse these types of pages just for a laugh, and sometimes I comment if I think that it’s actually worth getting into the argument that will surely ensue. The page owner had recently posted a story about the Algerian hostage situation that ended in Algeria deciding the best way to rescue hostages was to conduct an air raid on the compound...

Arguing About Exceptions

Last week, another white, male, Republican congressman stuck his foot in his mouth a la Todd “Legitimate Rape” Akin. Rep. Joe Walsh (R – IL), who already has lady problems in the form of 100,000$ in unpaid child support, caused quite a furor when he said that it is never necessary to perform an abortion to save a woman’s life, because of advances in technology. When reporters asked him if he was saying he doesn’t believe in exceptions in abortion laws to save the life of the mother, he replied, “Absolutely.” And so the conversation...