This past Sunday, my son Hollis and I, and eventually the youngest Max, joined Derek and Swoopy on Skepticality to talk about Santa. Hilarity ensues.

SO I was called a concern troll and a spammer for posting my opinions about the sexism/anti-vaxxer/skeptic brouhaha on Respectful Insolence yesterday. I had to look up what those meant, as I have not studied the rule book on internet posting as deeply as many others have. Why do I get the idea that much of the internet is composed of old D&D people who love their rule books?

Anyway, I was called a spammer because I posted on more than one site at once about the same thing. I am apparently the world’s laziest spammer. Today two sites, tomorrow THREE! Before you know it, the all of Al Gore’s creation will be MINE!!!A concern troll is someone who derails an argument with concern for the other side. Actually, I was trying to put the pro-vaccination movement BACK on track to what it needs to be about, science and vaccines. So here is my last comment, because I seem to be a masochist and had to get back in it. Which is kind of weird, because submissive yes, masochistic no and those . . . Never mind, we are not talking about sex, we are talking about vaccines!

Orac, you are right. It did look like I said you specifically called her
a slut. I apologize. My wording did indeed paint ALL skeptics with the
same brush stroke. It was not what I meant to say, but what my wording
said.

Chris, I did read the blog entry, and all the comments. And you and I
agree that we need to focus on attacking the issues and not the people.
We also agree that skeptics are not immune from criticism.

The reason I posted on this site, as well as Skepchick (you said there
were more, I have honestly forgotten if there were) was that the issue
of sexism and disgusting personal attacks was raised. That is the issue
I commented on. They are not ok from either side.

When people who are neither skeptics nor anti-vaxx search for
information on whether or not to vaccinate their children, they want
facts and advice written in a way that neither offends them nor makes
them feel stupid. I am a pro-vaccination mother of two who in the
trenches EVERY DAY with mothers making decisions about whether or not
to vaccinate. I post about it on my FB page, talk about it with female
co-workers, and educate about it with breastfeeding and mother’s
advocacy groups.

I am confused as to why I would be labeled a spammer or concern troll,
when my concern is and always has been, on how to increase the number
of children vaccinated. That’s it, bottom line.

And when ANYONE, anti-vaxxer or skeptic, uses sexist and misogynistic
attacks on a woman for her opinions, other women will get turned off.
And in THIS country, who is still responsible for the majority of
decisions made about children and their health care? Women.

My mistake is clearly that I have chosen the wrong forum to discuss
this on, and not followed the rules you have set up on your forum. That
is tacky and rude on my part.

But please, do not discount my sincerity at wanting to increase the
number of women who hear the pro-vaccination message and choose to
protect their children and mine.

Sometimes I spend way to much time on Youtube, and it makes me cry.

PZ Myers, my "high priest of science" started this off today by posting a video of a horribly stupid young girl who was "challenging" evolution and therefore atheists. Truth be told, my 4 year-old son came up with more challenging questions about evolution, and rationally came to the conclusion that the scientific evidence made sense. While he is VERY smart, almost freakishly so, it is sad that a 4 year-old gets it and she does not.

So after watching the video, I continued to go down the rabbit hole of creationist videos. After the above mentioned lovely idiot, I came across this man, who scares the beJesus out of me! He starts off by saying that since the big bang was basically a rock that exploded in space and created all the planets, WHY ARE THEY ROUND? Seriously, I went to a liberal arts college, have a degree in Business, only passed astronomy because I was banging the TA and I still understand the complete stupidity of that statement. It shows that there are indeed stupid questions.

He then says that evolution must mean that hammerhead sharks evolved that way because of their annoyance at local fish, that scientists do not understand tornados and twisters, and that first generation atheists make him the most sick because that means that "you are saying your mother is a stupid retard and your grandfather is an asshole." Hey, my grandfather is an asshole, but that does not disprove evolution.

This man should be blacklisted from any public events where atheist are present, because he is about to pop, and I bet he is packing heat.

Finally, I get to Sister Sunshine, the video I posted above. Her main concern is that if we descended from "monkeys, apes, simians, or whatever you want to call them" then why don't humans occasionally produce full monkey babies from their recessive genes. She also wants us to know that she has taken MANY biology and anatomy courses, so that she knows about science. Who wants to guess that she took these classes at the Discovery Institute, Bob Jones University, or Jerry Falwell's Liberty University?

Although I think that my son Max might sway her that occasionally monkey babies do come,   

this dude does it so much better than me!

Now I just need to getPat Condell on their case! He can truly open up the can of atheistic whoop ass, and do it in such a classy voice you will thank him when he is done.