I was going to write a bit in response to this, but I think Deterlucem has covered the bases.
Steve Shives [who has, interestingly, blocked me on Twitter] is not somebody I’ve paid attention to, over the years…but he keeps bubbling to the surface, in the conversation of people I do pay some attention to. So, I thought I’d finally figure out what is going on, here.
…And, yes…Steve embodies some of the worst, most destructive, tactics and mindset…Identity politics, is backwards thinking…”Deplatforming” is backwards thinking…Refusing to interact, is backwards behavior.
That doesn’t mean you have to interact, with people who make themselves impossible to productively interact with…but holding a blanket mindset, which says “people who don’t think like me, are scum”?…That’s just wrong.
There are real issues addressed by men’s [and male’s] rights activists [MRAs]…You’re not a bad person, for being in that camp…It’s a necessary presence.
There are real issues addressed by feminism…but there are also very serious problems, that have cropped up under the banner of feminism…It’s critical not to turn a blind eye to this.
01) Waking Up With Sam Harris #81 – Leaving Islam (with Sarah Haider)
“In this episode of the Waking Up podcast, Sam Harris speaks with Sarah Haider about her organization Ex-Muslims of North America, how the political Left is confused about Islam, “rape culture” under Islam, honesty without bigotry, stealth theocracy, immigration, the prospects of reforming Islam, and other topics.
Sarah Haider is the co-founder of the Ex-Muslims of North America.”
“In this video, I read a letter that was posted on the Heterodox Academy blog, from Mike Paros, Professor of Biology at Evergreen State College, who has come forward in support of Bret Weinstein. Paros describes a deteriorating climate at Evergreen that has turned into groupthink. Paros blames President Cuck and the equity initiative he established, for the demise of the institution.”
01) Man Created God in His Own Image – Daniel Dennett Debate Part 1
“Date: 2007
Daniel Clement Dennett III (born March 28, 1942) is an American philosopher, writer, and cognitive scientist whose research centers on the philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, and philosophy of biology, particularly as those fields relate to evolutionary biology and cognitive science.
He is currently the co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies and the Austin B. Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Dennett is an atheist and secularist, a member of the Secular Coalition for America advisory board, and a member of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry, as well as an outspoken supporter of the Brights movement. Dennett is referred to as one of the “Four Horsemen of New Atheism”, along with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and the late Christopher Hitchens.”
“Join me on my first interview with the amazing HoneyBee, Mellisa Zaccaria. This is the first of a three part interview, and we discuss everything from pedogate to the new world order and beyond.”
You may not want to watch something this long…but I’d like you to get an eyeful, and an earful, of the common type of crazy insanity, which is prevalent amongst people who attack resources like Our Love Frontier.
I swear…I could run down a long grocery list of names, of the most hostile aggressors towards MAPs online, I’ve seen over the past twenty years…And they always end up being these sorts of hysterical, shallow thinking, cognitively disconnected, dogmatic, mental whack jobs.
It’s important for people to understand what is going on with these shysters…
…They arrive online…get a tiny taste of power and “meaning in life”, and they go mad as some self styled, internet superhero…A “savior of children”, in some convoluted narrative they’ve made up in their own heads…Once they’ve arrived at that point, they self absolve of all responsibility, because they’re “fighting for a higher cause”…”They can do no wrong”…So they don’t give a flying fart, over whether or not they’re actually speaking truth…
…It’s all about the image and persona, and their dogmatic worldview…Sometimes, it’s also about their personal malice, and enjoyment of excercising it over other people.
A few excerpts:
My initial response on Twitter:
Why is this total incompetent dragging Our Love Frontier into that discussion?…It’s no shock, she may get sued.
Over a decade of fighting tooth n nail, for every inch of ground I can get…
…Dealing with absolute horrible, devastating blows of censorship and setbacks, for most of it…
…And “Ms. 4 months new” arrives on the scene imagining she has anything to say at all, about my history…”down easy street”, allegedly.
…And “Our Love Frontier” being funded?…Yes, out of my personal pocket…If I set up a funding account, it would get shut down, fast.
I don’t have any sugar daddies, who send money my way…Don’t have anyone who wants to step up, and help run the blog, either.
Hell…There is barely anyone else who even contributes content to the blog…
The reason Our Love Frontier is this present and loud, is because I am this present and loud, and I’ll have it no other way.
If there were 100 of me, and we got together…We would be ruling the world…one way, or another.
“Luciferians rule the world”…”Pokémon Go are real demons”…”Alex Jones is legit”…and way more, I forgot…
She’s hung herself, before she’s even gotten much rope.
She’s another eater of the conspiracy theory salad…No healthy skepticism present…And she claims NAMBLA started ANTIFA?…
…Oh dear Jesus!…I cannot stop laughing!…
“This” is exactly the sort of thing I experienced and witnessed in organized religion, and left behind…a choice for the better.
What’s so sad and disturbing, is that they are being entirely sincere…and they don’t even comprehend, what is so wrong with their words.
They suggested that “all this abuse” was being done, to maybe “open a portal for Satan”…
I cannot comprehend why, these two would not be diagnosed with a mental illness.
Sure, these sorts have been around forever…but if they got placed in a psychiatrists office, are we really going to bet against such a diagnosis?
“Jacob C. was 11 years old and living in Michigan when he was tried in juvenile court for touching, without penetrating, his sister’s genitals. Found guilty of one count of criminal sexual conduct,[1] Jacob was placed on Michigan’s sex offender registry and prevented by residency restriction laws from living near other children.
This posed a problem for his family— Jacob’s parents were separated, his father lived in Florida, and Jacob could not live in the same house as his little sister. As a result, he was placed in a juvenile home. When Jacob was 14—and still unable to return home—he became the foster child of a pastor and his wife. According to Jacob, the couple helped him to “deal with the trauma” of growing up on the registry.
Since his offense fell under juvenile court jurisdiction, Jacob was placed on a non-public registry. But that changed when he turned 18 during his senior year in high school, and his status as a sex offender became public.”
02) US: More Harm Than Good: Exempt Youth Sex Offenders From Registration Laws
“States and the federal government should exempt people who commit sex offenses when they are under age 18 from public registration laws because the laws violate youth offenders’ basic rights. Available research indicates that youth sex offenders are among the least likely to reoffend.”
01) What has time done to Steve Shives?!
