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German court rules religious circumcision on boys... →

“The religious freedom of the parents and their right to educate their child would not be unacceptably compromised, if they were obliged to wait until the child could himself decide to be circumcised,” the court added. “The body of the child is irreparably and permanently changed by a circumcision,” the court said. “This change contravenes the interests of the...

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kenjamink asked: a. I reblogged the last one by Coyne which demonstrates the reification fallacy in that it tries to disregard metaphors as invaluable (bad ideas) because they are not scientifically substantiated, which is moronically irrational. There's also a hint of argumentum ad incredulitatem at the bottom in that he claims "we" cannot grasp the other meaning when really it's him who...

Jun 27th

kenjamink asked: I was actually referring to some of the quotes (quoting a fallacious statement is just as wrong as asserting it yourself if that's what you're getting at) and said nothing about hate speech. lol I did say that I feel as though this is merely a hate blog against religion considering a majority of your posts are aimed that way (at least recently) rather than covering a variety of topics...

Jun 27th

kenjamink asked: Why do you claim rationality on a broad range of issues when really this is mostly a hate blog against religion with fallacies rampant? You're just as much of a hypocrite as most Christians. lol Don't get me wrong either, I'm not at all offended by the topics you claim to discuss (as I LOVE discussing them and finding rationality in them), I'm offended by your blatant...

Jun 27th

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WOW WHAT THE FUCK 9GAG (trigger warning for rape) →

stfuconservatives: 9gag - normally an innocuous source of humor here in the Tumblrsphere (from their description: “We re-define the meaning of FUN on tumblr.”) - posted an incredibly rapey, triggering graphic of duct tape with the words “Changes ‘no no no’ into ‘mm mm mm’” on it, and then wrote “She seems to like it now.” (image at link) So, today in rape culture. They don’t have their Ask...

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