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Is it wrong for First Nations people to refer to non-indigenous people as “settlers”?

September 18, 2017 by Randal

A few days ago a group of First Nations people were riding the LRT (mass transit) to the National Gathering of Elders at the Edmonton Expo Centre when they were stopped by transit police and asked for proof of purchase. The encounter that ensued has resulted in charges of racial profiling. While I don’t think the […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: discrimination, first nations, racism

Why the Friendly Atheist is Wrong. Or, for goodness sake, just thank goodness

December 12, 2014 by Randal

Jeff Lowder pointed out to me that The Friendly Atheist has posted another article today (by Rachel Ford) about the infamous prayer discount. It is titled “The Daily Show Was Wrong to Imply That Addressing a Minor Act of Discrimination Was Petty“. I begin with a key passage from the article: “discrimination is discrimination. It doesn’t […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, discrimination, prejudice, the Friendly Atheist

Overly Uptight Atheist Activists?

December 11, 2014 by Randal

This week Jon Stewart’s Daily Show featured a segment on Mary’s Gourmet Diner in North Carolina with the (hilarious) correspondent Jordan Klepper. The controversy arose because Mary’s offers a 15% discount to those who pray before their meal. This was enough to raise the ire of  Dan Barker, author of Godless, and co-president of the Freedom from Religion […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, comedy, Daily Show, Dan Barker, discrimination, parody

Does the US Postal Service discriminate against atheists?

March 27, 2013 by Randal

The Atheist Shoe Company of Germany claims they’ve been discriminated against by the United States Postal Service. In short, it seemed that an inordinately large number of their shoe shipments to the US were disappearing enroute to their secular destinations. Could it be the “Atheist” packing tape they were using on their packages which was tipping off […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, discrimination, theism, US postal service

Come on, stomp on Jesus! Do it!

March 26, 2013 by Randal

Bilbo sent me a link for a  news article titled “Professor Makes Students ‘Stomp on Jesus’“. For those of you not sufficiently motivated to click the hyperlink I provided here’s the quick scoop: a prof at a university in Florida asked his students to write the word Jesus on a piece of paper in an […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: discrimination, Jesus, prejudice

Do Atheists discriminate?

May 25, 2011 by Randal

Of course. More exactly, some do and some don’t. Just like some Christians discriminate and some don’t. (I chronicle both types of discrimination in You’re not as Crazy as I Think.) The real question for the present moment is this: how do atheists commonly discriminate? In the last couple weeks I’ve been focusing on some key […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: atheism, discrimination, faith, immigration, indoctrination, religion, theism, xenophobia

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