RE: Skeptics I no longer have any respect for.
February 16, 2012 at 6:46 pm
(This post was last modified: February 16, 2012 at 6:47 pm by JollyForr.)
(February 16, 2012 at 3:23 pm)Tempus Wrote:(February 16, 2012 at 2:27 pm)JollyForr Wrote: Tempus, I do like TheAmazingAtheist - I think his videos are great, but I have gone off Thunderf00t and I've never really watched Pat Condell.
I've gotta say though that it was Thunderf00t who actually made me come off the fence, with his creationist videos.
You should try Coughlan616, he is quite hilarious. You know, the guy Thunderf00t diagnosed online as mentally unstable.
I'm familiar with Coughlan616, I'm subbed to him. Part of the reason I stopped watching TheAmazingAtheist recently was because of the rape related comments he made on Reddit. I won't pretend I'm morally outraged by them because I'm not, however, it was a very stupid thing to say. I realise he acknowledged this, but it's just not some slip of the tongue easily made. I mean, I fail to see how anyone moderately intelligent could get into a debate (or a fight, rather) on the internet and become so uncontrollably angry that they lose it and say something as ridiculous as he said. Not to mention that his videos tend to be just as much about insulting his opponents as responding to their arguments. Again, I'm certainly not offended by this and I'm not saying it isn't sometimes funny, but I really just have better sources of comedy (Peep Show at the moment ) and logical arguments than him.
Don't worry. When I first found Peep Show I don't think I had any other sources of comedy. I mean, everything just became bland compared to that
I know what you mean about his outburst and it has turned a lot of people off, but I do like him and his videos. He did, like you said, acknowledge that it was stupid. But it wasn't his normal self.
Probably my favourite coughlan video. Peep Show and Coughlan are all you need really. Makes me proud to be British...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCoBBqoQpx8