Jonathan MS Pearce

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Jun 29, 2020

Twexit to Parler: The Right-Wing Are Fleeing Twitter

Recently, hateful right-wing political uberfuhrer Katie Hopkins was banned from Twitter. She had previously said all manner of things, from comparing immigrants to cockroaches to claiming dementia sufferers should not block hospital beds.

Jun 29, 2020

Live Chat with Andrew Hall

I'll be live with my fellow Patheoser Andrew Hall in just under an hour, if you are bored. Here is the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Bbz-rKN87g&fbclid=

Jun 26, 2020

I Learnt a Lot from Akala

Akala might be known to some (though probably few here, given the primarily American readership) as a British rapper, but more recently, he has become something of a political commentator and educator. Wikipedia

Jun 25, 2020

Biden's Rising Evangelical Support

One thing that Trump has traditionally had going for him, support-wise, is white, evangelical voters. This is, on the one hand, surprising, given their highly moralistic outlook and Trump's reprehensible behaviour

Jun 19, 2020

Raging Against the Machine

Raging Against the Machine

This is a random Friday post about a band that I got into as a teenager but with a very veneer sort of understanding. I got the angst and anger. Sort of. But

Jun 18, 2020

Oh, Skeptical Theism. Again...

Oh, Skeptical Theism. Again...

God moves in mysterious ways. I've spoken to you previously about being at the place where a lot of atheist philosophers and thinkers often get to: where you think that the