The Bad Faith awards are up at the New Humanist. You can vote for who was the biggest “enemy of reason” in 2010. Let me point out who one of the choices is:
Ahhh!!! My arch-nemesis! …If saying a stupid thing about women and science that I later mocked and accidentally turned into a viral boob related meme qualifies someone for arch-nemesis status.
Anyway, you can vote for whoever you want, since there are plenty of “deserving” candidates, but I’ll be voting the pro-boobquake ticket.
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I had already voted for him. Hopefully this will turn out better than the votes I cast on Tuesday.
Trust me that it was a hard decision between the earthquake dumbass and the “There’s no such thing as rape in a marriage” retard (Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed), but unfortunately in the end, I will not tolerate anyone anywhere saying “there’s no such thing as rape” REGARDLESS of circumstance.. that is just.. beyond evil for me.But Hojatoleslam was a close second.
i would of had no idea who any of these people were if not told.it‘s hard for me to remember names.
I have done thy bidding, my master.
But boobquake was great – the fact that his idiocy directly contributed to such an amazing meme actually knocked him out of the running for me. Plus, I have to agree with Riz.
Baroness Warsi did it for me. “She says We have seen the rise of a new kind of intellectual, who dines out on free flowing media and sustains a vocabulary of secularist intolerance.”Secular intolerance? Just a bit of an oxymoron, donchathink? (though I’m willing to concede my intolerance of intolerance)Besides that she has her hands on the reins of power, where as the clerics don’t have any _real_ power over any other than those who choose to follow them. This wingnut can actually enact legislation and appropriate public funds, much like the christian fascists in our own government.
Sorry, already voted for Prince Charles. Having someone of his stature on the public dole in a Western industrialized nation hyping pseudoscience and religiosity just burns my britches.
Fuck, how come you get to be Jen’s Darth Vader? What does that leave ME with? Grand Moff Tarkin? I don’t WANT to die in Jen’s moon-sized Logic Boob.
Sorry. I’ve already voted.I just cannot stomach Chuck-boy.
Sorry, Sedighi is an ass, but he’s an ass who is nothing but an utterly interchangeable spokesperson for a stupid regime. He is, more or less, personally irrelevant.Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed, on the other hand, has the potential to personally accomplish Bad Things, instead of just being a press secretary for people who can do so. I think that makes him more of a threat than some random cog in the Iranian Theocracy.
Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed is winning with the boobquake guy in second. That’s exactly what I would pick too :)
Sorry, already voted.It’s Widdecombe all the way for me. Can’t stand the woman.Mind you, I’d love to see a cage fight between Widdecombe and Ophelia Benson. That would make me all kinds of happy.
There are an awful lot of excellent choices there (and I mean “excellent choices” in the sense of being totally repugnant), and, as such, I have absolutely no idea for whom I should vote. As of now, therefore, I’m abstaining.
PZ already pointed his minions at this.I’m afraid I simply have to oppose rape somewhat more vehemently than sexist clothing standards stemming from a profound ignorance of geology.
You could always be Jen’s Lord Dooku. Lose your head and hands at the beginning of the third act.
Just for you, current top two…Sheikh Maulana Abu Sayeed 24.94% (1,017 votes) Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi 22.9% (934 votes)
Ramsey, I’m afraid we cannot tolerate your prequel trilogy chicanery here. Lord Ashley, see that this whelp is dropped into the trash compactor!
Done, and done. And LS, may I suggest having the Commissariat cart Ramsey off to the nearest Penal Battalion instead?
I can’t bring myself to vote for Warsi after she took down Nick Griffin on Question Time. I have a soft spot for her.
Agreed – I like her for the same reason.She’s not in the same league as some of the hatefilled wingnuts on this list. Prince Charles isn’t either – he’s harmlessly bonkers.
I had to vote for Ann Widdecombe, but you nearly convinced me. http://furtherthoughtsfortheda…
A case can be made that Sedighi is just as bad as Sayeed even on the issue of rape. Sedighi said “Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray, corrupt their chastity….” – a classic example of victim blaming. I guarantee you that he doesn’t believe that immodestly dressed women can be raped either. In his view, they’re not only asking for it, they’re causing it.
Have you noticed that the two top choices are Islamic clerics? This means that if we carefully structure our attacks spiced with humor and subtle anti-religious messages on Islam, we can make Christians people in the North America realize that their beliefs are as infantile as Islamic clerics. ;-)