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Friday, August 13th, 2010When your mother is ultraconservative hatemonger Phyllis Schlafly, I guess it’s not surprising that you would be raised to be inconceivably stupid, and that appears to be the case with Conservapedia founder Andrew Schlafly who has put a page on his site detailing his disputes with Einstein’s theory of relativity.
Of course, it’s not entirely clear [...]
Internet Rumor: Muslims in Houston Celebrating 9/11
Sunday, August 8th, 2010This is a classic bit of ignorance-based fearmongering which has been making the rounds for about a year. It’s latest incarnation is in the following hysterical email:
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UNBELIEVEABLE!! AMERICA MUST STOP BEING STUPID AND STOP THIS INVASION! NO MORE MOSQUES IN AMERICA. STOP THE MUSLIM TERRORIST.
Well,….. We’ve ALL been pretty passive & [...]
Is Conspiranoia the Product of Ignorance or Delusion?
Sunday, July 11th, 2010It occurs to me that perhaps we sometimes look for unnecessarily complicated explanations in trying to understand the mental processes of those who are conspiracy obsessed, Several examples I’ve seen recently lead me to wonder if perhaps many common conspiranoid beliefs are the result of a simple misunderstanding or misreading of a text, or [...]
The Executive Order 13489 Fallacy
Friday, April 9th, 2010One of the spurious claims being circulated by the Birther fringe is that one of President Obama’s first acts in office was to issue Executive Order 13489 (PDF) which they claim was intended to seal away his birth certificate, school records and other evidence that he is not a United States citizen or otherwise unqualified [...]
Alex Jones is Still A Jackass
Saturday, February 20th, 2010I started out to write an article about an ominous attack on Second Amendment rights which took place here in Austin recently, but on viewing videos of the subsequent protest at city hall as part of my research I got sidetracked with more overwhelming evidence that Alex Jones is a narcissistic douchebag and really no [...]
Stop Listening to Idiots
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009I offer this video as a classic example of delusional people behaving in ways which are sociopathic and which would be embarrassing if they had any sense of self-worth or common sense. To behave so irrationally and to then proudly trumpet your beliefs to the public in a video has to be some sort [...]
The Vaccine Fallacy
Thursday, September 24th, 2009There’s a lot of hysteria over vaccines and the threat which they supposedly pose to the population because of some of the ingredients and the possibility of government mandated vaccinations against potential pandemics like Swine Flu (H1N!). While as a matter of principle the idea of forced vaccinations is an utterly unacceptable violation of [...]
Could the “Birthers” Please Just Shut Up?
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009I don't want to appear to be opposing absolute freedom of speech, but there comes a point when, as a personal favor to sane people everywhere and to reduce the level of national embarrassment, I just have to ask the rat-brained social deviants who think there's a great conspiracy to conceal President Obama's real [...]
Show Your Contempt in an Idiotwars.com T-Shirt
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009It’s stylish, it’s black, it’s full of anger and contempt. It’s quite a bit like the logo at the head of this page. It’s the official Idiotwars.com T-Shirt, featuring the site logo and the everpopular “Cracking the Nuts of the Lunatic Fringe” slogan.
It’s a sure way to piss off truthers and Birchers at the next [...]
Hammering Some Truth
Monday, June 15th, 2009An excellent article over at Rant and Rave takes aim at three of the outstanding features of conspiracy mania: Birchers, Truthers and Chemies, and makes some excellent points about the way these irrational beliefs develop and the lifecycle they go through.
That’s just one of many interesting posts on the site. It’s well worth checking [...]
Paul Craig Roberts is back on the top of the list of dunces for his heroic defense of Iran and repeated claims that the Bush administration was horribly slandering the innocent Iranians who had no intention of developing nuclear weapons. All of which has now been proven to be as foolish and naive as his equally ridiculous beliefs about the 9/11 attacks. The latest reports from the IAEA and IISS show that Iran will have working nuclear weapons in a matter of months and that they never shut down any of their nuclear weapons development programs. Just being so totally wrong would get Roberts the nod as featured idiot, but add in the fact that his idiocy is motivated by his rabid antisemitism and he gets to be top idiot with a gold star.
