Glen Davidson
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<quote>There is a better way to handle creationists than the way PZ does. There is nothing wrong with PZ’s fierce criticism. There is something wrong with smearing, character-assasination, and embarrassing kids.</quote>
Yes, but he doesn't do it in his blogs here, or at least not much. I've drifted away from Pharyngula (perhaps some of my last posts there were deliberately hindered there, I'm not sure), not bothering to register since that was required. Why? Mostly because of what you say, and because he seems not to care in the slightest that he knows so little about religion, or politics for that matter, before declaiming on it as if he were an expert. Isn't it sauce for the gander for him to speak less about, in particular, religion, if he believes that those with little science knowledge ought to speak less on science matters?
I think it's especially ironic that he uses Nietzsche quotes to fault theism, when Nietzsche probably was as much opposed to atheistic righteous types like PZ as much as he was opposed to Xians. Can we say, "quote-mining" (I don't care that his quotes come from someone else's selections)?
I doubt that much more of a response/nonresponse is really necessary or called for. His blogs on Pharyngula are his, as is proper, while he typically posts competent science on this blog.
Glen D
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