IHEU report on social media and discrimination against the non-religious
In addition to all the cases that get widespread media attention, the problem of discrimination against the non-religious is perhaps a larger one than many people realise. The report offers many examples of such discrimination, sometimes in the expected places, but also in jurisdictions where you’d hope for freedom from persecution on grounds of non-belief.
Religious Public Holidays in a “secular” state
The exercise of considering whether South Africa’s Public Holidays discriminate against non-Christians should also consider that not only is discrimination sometimes justifiable, but also that if we are going to revise our public holidays, there might well be more important issues to consider in doing so.
The Second Sexism
Prof. David Benatar’s book “The Second Sexism” has attracted a rather hostile reception. But some of Benatar’s critics seem so offended by the book’s premise that they’re unwilling to engage with its arguments – or sometimes, to even read the book in order to make an informed assessment.
Finally: recognition as a ‘homosexual activist’
Errol Naidoo, leader of the Familty Policy Institute, has decided to honor me with recognition as a “homosexual activist”.
Errol Naidoo: remove religion as example of unfair discrimination from the Constitution
Errol Naidoo is making a little sense, for once, in calling for the removal of religion as an example of unfair discrimination in the South African Constitution.
Gendered epithets: Short-term battles vs. long-term wars
Gendered epithets receive less attention than racial epithets, yet they are also used to denigrate an entire section of the human population. Can we consistently ‘reclaim’ a word like ‘slut’, while aiming to eliminate gendered epithets more generally?
What is the point of feminism?
There could well have been a time when feminism – as a cause separate to the simple one of human equality – added some unique value. But perhaps that time has passed, and we should allow ourselves to consider whether feminism (and LGBT activism, etc.) might get in the way of the more general struggle towards treating all humans equally, no matter who they are.
