January 2012
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Race, racism, and colorblindness. When someone...
jadedfucker:
“When you say to a person of color “When I see you, I don’t see you as black! I just see everybody the same.” People, think about that. You don’t have the right to say to a person “I do not see you as you are, I want to see you as I would be more comfortable seeing you.””
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Jane Elliot on the absurdity and invalidation of claims of “Color Blindness” by white folk (via brazenbitch)
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Anonymous asked: But what about the fact that the world is highly overpopulated as is, what about the fact that countless children die of neglect, hunger and violence every day? Evolution, as I hope you agree with stating yourself an atheist, is not something we chose, but something that is - If we are but a virus destined to milk this world 'till it's dry, should we not, regardless of sex and position...
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Military Chaplains Deny Soldier the Right to... →
lackofbelief:
This entire website involves the plight of atheists in the military. These men and women have rights, and those rights should be respected. There is no reason why atheists willing to be in the military should be subjected to crap like this.
I’m not sure I really see the problem with not having Humanist as an option as a religious preference. It’d be kind of like...
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My materials professor said that glass is a slow...
christiantheatheist:
Your materials professor has about as much merit behind his/her claim as someone who claims that glass is a solid.
Glass is strange stuff—much more strange than we give it credit for, actually. Whether or not to call it a liquid or a solid honestly has not been scientifically established (not sure if this is even a plausible task, given the false dichotomy of a...
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Scientists Replicate Key Evolutionary Step →
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