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Support Rebecca Watson, ESPECIALLY if you’re an atheist

Here’s a link:

http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2012/10/sexism_in_the_skeptic_community_i_spoke_out_then_came_the_rape_threats.html

 

More:

http://freethoughtblogs.com/blaghag/2012/09/you-know-how-i-was-afraid-the-hate-would-spread-to-my-family/

 

Even more:

 

http://freethoughtblogs.com/lousycanuck/2012/08/16/the-campaign-against-amy-davis-roth/

 

A great quote from a semi-private forum I’m a member of (No, I haven’t cleared the quotee’s approval for quotation, but I’m POSITIVE she’s ok with it. We’re friends.

Used to be that at least once a season, one of the big “skeptic” blogs would be all, “Where are all the women at?!”

And, the feminist blog-o-sphere would say, “Um, we’re over here.”

And, the Skeptics would be all… U R Doin It Rong. We mean Real Women!

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Which is why I thought of Passey. She was like… Queen of the Asshole Athiest Libertarian blogs years ago. Because she was the KIND of women they were looking for:

 

 

I think we need to solidly support Watson. Just google ftbullies.

This is NASTY, and we’re on the right side.

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