‘Flagged for review’

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Michael

The American Atheists have billboards posted again. Here is this year’s:

This is better than last year’s design, but it still isn’t that great. The devil guy on the right makes the whole thing ugly, plus he is featured very close to the word “atheists”, which is printed in a similar red font. All it does is serve to associate atheism with the magic evil that Christians and other religidiots think exist. If they changed the font color and inserted an alternative myth in the final panel, I would say this is an excellent ad.

What I think is hilarious about this whole thing, though, is the CNN article I used as my source. This is what I get when I go to the page:

Under review

The following contains content that has been flagged as inappropriate, and is currently under review. Do you want to continue?

It’s actually a straight forward report. It does only cite those who support the message, but I can’t say that’s all that upsetting. After all, when Christians have some message to put out there, I don’t see the media running out to talk to any atheist organizations.

Of course, we all know why this was flagged. A handful of Christians can’t deal with the fact that some other group would dare not show them the utmost respect – “respect” being code for “shut the hell up, atheists”. It’s sad and pathetic, if anything. But who knows. Given the actions of these people, I guess I could see Jesus being an Internet troll if he was still kickin’ today. At least then a lot of his followers would be consistent with who he is for a change.

Update: The article has apparently been reviewed. And gasp! it’s appropriate.

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This is why you’re single

Posted on June 6, 2011 by Michael

Greg Fultz is an overweight, unattractive, greasy-haired middle-aged man with bad taste in clothing. One would think those things would be cause enough to keep a man single for more years than not. Yet despite these obvious shortcomings, Fultz managed to date someone. He even managed to have sex with her. For the sake of the poor girl, one can only hope Fultz’s full-body hygiene was not reflected in his hair.

But then Fultz had to go ahead and do something monumentally stupid. After getting his girlfriend pregnant, he took out a $13,000 billboard ad ranting against her:

Fultz said the billboard was inspired by a real-life experience.

The so-called father’s perspective on abortion was even endorsed by New Mexico Right To Life.

“I wanted to get out this message. I felt it was important and powerful enough to maybe sway one person’s mind from having an abortion,” Fultz said.

New Mexico Right To Life said this was the first time it ever agreed to endorse a billboard, and it will be the last.

“We contacted Greg and asked to have our endorsement removed from the billboard,” Betty Eichenseer, New Mexico Right To Life, said.

Eichenseer said one of the reasons the group wanted to pull the endorsement is because Fultz’s girlfriend might not have had an abortion. Fultz admits that he has no idea how his baby was lost but said the message on his billboard stands.

According to various reports, it looks like the girl had a miscarriage. Not that that is especially relevant. It just makes Fultz look all the more like the stupid ass he obviously is.

I’m not the sort of person to take the wild stance that a pregnant woman shouldn’t consider discussing her decision with the man who got her pregnant. I think it’s entirely reasonable, especially if the couple plans to remain together. That isn’t to say the man’s input is equal to the woman’s. It’s her body. But if she’s going to make a decision that affects another person, it isn’t some crazy thing to say it’s fair to consider that other person. It would be as if a man in a relationship decided to get a vasectomy. Sure, he can do that if he wants. He can even be secretive about it and never mention it to his girlfriend or wife. But that doesn’t mean he should.

But all this qualification obviously isn’t important to a piece of shit like Fultz. The guy believes his position is more important than hers. He’s a selfish, stupid ‘man’ who doesn’t have an appropriate perspective. Even if he had his facts straight and his ex-girlfriend did have an abortion, it is her right to destroy what constitutes a set of cells with potential. After all, that’s exactly what Fultz is doing every night now that he’s rightfully all alone.

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