Oh for decency's sake, failblog and Pharyngula!

[unusualmusic_lj_archive]

Why the hell are we using our justified disgust with Christianity to be utter assholes to mentally ill persons?

No, ladies and gentlemen. This isn't funny. It's frigging immoral, imho. Do you think its easy for mentally ill persons to have relationships? Do you think its easy for them to find understanding persons, especially if they are able-bodied, who have the time and the understanding to stick with them through thick and thin? This is your abled-bodied privilege stinking up the place, yo. Not funny. In fact, EPIC FAIL.


DO NOT READ THE COMMENTS.

Comments

[sajia.livejournal.com]

I have always disliked PZ Myers since he wrote that piece justifying the despoiling of native american graveyards in the name of science. It was the beginning of my education in the racism of white atheists.

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

I have always disliked PZ Myers since he wrote that piece justifying the despoiling of native american graveyards in the name of science


WHUT???????????

[sajia.livejournal.com]

A couple of years some Native American groups opposed archeological excavations of their graveyards demanding respect of their belief systems. Myers said that superstition was superstition, (though admittedly he did realize the need for sensitivity) and that just because a site was holy in the eyes of a band didn't mean archeologists didn't have the right to set up digs on it.

[unusualmusic.livejournal.com]

ITS A BURIAL SITE. RIP DOESN'T APPLY TO NATIVE AMERICANS TOO?????

[sajia.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure if it was just the graveyard or also shrines and sacred spaces. I could be wrong, I read the article a long time ago and couldn't be bothered to bookmark it.

[sanguinity]

Do you remember if this about Kennewick Man, the Hood Canal Bridge, or something else? Or search terms I could use to find it?

[(Anonymous)]

I just can't remember. I was too irate to make a note of it. I'm thinking it might be a Navajo site, but I wouldn't bet on it.

[sajia.livejournal.com]

That was me, at a public computer, oops.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

He's consistent in that he doesn't think Christian burial grounds are inherently sacrosanct, either, but it's still like, "Dude. Maybe you should consider the history and power imbalance at work here."