Posted on July 31st, 2012 by Staks
I have been boycotting Chick-Fil-A since the early 2000s. Back then, I did a radio show on WCUR 91.7FM and I not only devoted a whole show on Chick-Fil-A, but I also talked about it every week for quite a while. I should also add that I love fast food and would probably be one […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, censorship, Current Events, free speech, Gay Issues, Government | 7 Comments »
Posted on June 1st, 2012 by Staks
My conversation from over the last two days at “Think Christian” has been cut short due to censorship. You see, I talked about how Progressive Christians had to acknowledge that the Bible is wrong on homosexuality in order to be absolved of being labeled hateful toward gays. A Christian responded by claiming that the free […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, anti-intellectualism, Authority, censorship, conversation, free speech, Offensiveness, Progressive Christians, Religion | 1 Comment »
Posted on January 19th, 2012 by Staks
Yesterday as you know doubt are aware, much of the internet either completely went “black” or put up information about stopping SOPA & PIPA, two bills which are currently being pushed in the House and the Senate that would limit the internet and effectively censor information. Free Speech is kinda my thing. In 2004 and […]
Filed under: 1984, atheism, censorship, free speech, Government, Political Activism | 3 Comments »
Posted on December 6th, 2011 by Staks
As an atheist, I have no problem informing people that their imaginary friend is… well, imaginary. But it seems that many of my fellow atheists get all bent out of shape when the imaginary friend happens to be Santa Claus. Yesterday, I published an Examiner article about a news anchor who told the obvious truth […]
Filed under: atheism, censorship, Media, Parenting, Religion | 12 Comments »
Posted on October 27th, 2011 by Staks
As Halloween approaches, I always look forward to seeing adults dressing up in sexy costumes. Some people however, maintain the religious demonization of sexuality and label anyone who wears a scantily clad outfit a “slut.” They use this term to demean others who chose to express their sexuality publicly. I don’t consider myself to be […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, Blasphemy, censorship, culture war, Halloween, sex | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 25th, 2011 by Staks
Roger Barr is an atheist who up until recently worked at Walmart as a greeter. Despite his positive job performance, he was fired because he posted controversial opinions on his facebook page. While it wasn’t Roger’s atheist in particular that got him fired, I am sure it was a contributing factor. Roger is known for […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, censorship, conversation, discrimination, facebook, free speech | 4 Comments »
Posted on August 10th, 2011 by Staks
I am going to warn everyone that today’s blog I am going to use words that most people consider horribly offensive. I will however not be using them in an offensive manner, but I don’t think it is appropriate to use a euphemism instead. Louis C.K. put it best when he said that the “N-word” […]
Filed under: atheism, censorship, free speech, language, Offensiveness | 18 Comments »
Posted on April 1st, 2011 by Staks
This is just as observation, but it seems to me that the more religious someone is the less likely they are to have a sense of humor. Now there are exceptions to this of course. My cousin for example group up moderately religious like I did and he was always a funny guy. When he […]
Filed under: Alternative Worldview, April Fools, censorship | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 10th, 2011 by Staks
Last night I was pretty surprised to get an e-mail from the executives at Examiner.com. I write for Examiner as the Philly Atheist Examiner to help fund Dangerous Talk. Apparently, they received a complaint about one of my articles and determined that a statement I made might be libelous. The article was the one I […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, censorship, Offensiveness, Personal, Raelians, Religion, scientology | 3 Comments »
Posted on November 17th, 2010 by Staks
Every year for at least three years now, the Freethought Society (of Greater Philadelphia) has put up a Tree of Knowledge outside the Chester County Courthouse in West Chester, PA. The tree is a large evergreen decorated with the laminated book covers of various atheist, scientific, philosophical, and even religious books. Every year there is […]
Filed under: atheism, censorship, church/state, free speech, People of Reason, Tree of Knowledge | 8 Comments »
Posted on May 20th, 2010 by Staks
That’s right bitches, it is Everyone Draw Mohammad Day. I love this holiday. It is right up there with Everyone Blasphemy Jesus Day. Seriously though, I have already written my take on this subject for the Examiner (because they pay more). So check out my article on why it is Immoral to criticize Draw Mohammad […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, censorship, culture war, Current Events, free speech, image of god, islam, Religion | 1 Comment »
Posted on April 27th, 2010 by Staks
Yesterday was Boobquake and even though we don’t live in a Muslim nation and hopefully no one in America actually thinks boobs cause earthquakes, breasts are still considered dangerous. Yesterday facebook labeled at least some if not all of the boobquake photos indecent and pulled them from the site. For those who don’t know what […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, censorship, culture war, facebook, family values, islam, Religion, sex | 7 Comments »
Posted on April 22nd, 2010 by Staks
Last night I wrote a great blog for today’s Dangerous Talk continuing the whole South Park controversy. Then, I posted it to the Examiner page instead. So now I can talk about how ridiculous the Muslims are and the Catholics. Both religions are now feeling to the heat from the mainstream religious-ass-kissing media. The media […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, Catholics, censorship, culture war, Current Events, Decline of Religion, free speech, islam, journalism, Religion | 2 Comments »
Posted on April 9th, 2010 by Staks
YouTube has become one of the largest websites on the internet. It gives people a voice and allows for the free flow of ideas. This is one of the main reasons why atheism dominates YouTube so much. But there are some concerns in regard to censorship. While I understand YouTube’s concerns in dealing with copyright […]
Filed under: atheism, censorship, Current Events | 16 Comments »
Posted on March 8th, 2010 by Staks
One of the things I like about the Academy Awards is that it is live and watched by millions. Hollywood is very liberal and so it is not unusual for a big celerity to take a moment out of his or her acceptance speech to discuss a politic or social issue. The host is usually […]
Filed under: censorship, culture war, free speech, Political Activism | 4 Comments »
Posted on March 5th, 2010 by Staks
Atheism is on the rise in America and the world and as such we have become a bigger target for religionists. Many religious people attempt to make it seem like being a vocal atheist is something new and militant but the fact is that there is nothing new, mean, or hateful about criticizing ridiculous ideas. […]
Filed under: atheism, Atheism NOT Religion, censorship, culture war, Decline of Religion, People of Reason, Religion | 5 Comments »
Posted on January 8th, 2010 by Staks
While the holiday season is fresh in my mind, I wanted to talk about yet another aspect of Christian hypocrisy. During the holiday season, fundamentalist Christians often yell at the top of their lungs that if atheists are offended by Christmas crap, that’s too bad. O’Reilly friends have are happy to inform us that the […]
Filed under: Blasphemy, censorship, Christmas, culture war, free speech, Political Activism, Religion | 21 Comments »