# RO: Rebecca Watson of Skepchick, You are a \[very bad word\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 4, 2013, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468 "2013-12-04T12:55:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/161 "2013-12-06T22:53:13Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Well, say what you will about how sexist I may be perceived to be, at least I’m not **brazil84**. Granted, Brazil84’s post was spectacularly retard…is _that_ why you posted about him, because, say what you want about brazil84, at least he doesn’t molest underage, retarded, transgender girls…or boys, I suppose, since you changed your underage retarded sex-victim’s pronoun status from “her” to “him” in this latest retelling. ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/162 "2013-12-06T23:07:50Z")
> [@Frylock](#): > > Holy shit. > > Holy, holy, holy shit. You’re shocked that this thread brought out boilerplate MRA nonsense? Or that it came from brazil of all posters? ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/163 "2013-12-06T23:17:43Z")
> [@Depakote\_Chopra](#): > > Rebecca Watson is a STRONG EMPOWERED WOMYN who settles for no less than a Justin Theroux lookalike. And the MRAs are here, huzzah! Little late though. Would have expected their ilk by post 5. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/164 "2013-12-06T23:20:59Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Of course, I have a strong feeling that Rebecca Watson very much likes being propositioned by men, so long as those men meet whatever standards of attractiveness she has. I have a strong feeling the real sin of the man in this situation was – to use the language of pickup artists – that he was a weak, cloying, beta male. And that he was unattractive to boot. > > Reminds me of [this video](http://www.break.com/video/ugc/more-sexual-harassment-training-289293). Ugh, ick. Are you butthurt because you’re so vile no human will touch you? Go crawl back to the giggling, drooling beasts that sired you and keep away from people who’s fathers were not also their favourite uncles. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/165 "2013-12-06T23:21:13Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Channing Tatum has never been accused of rape. Draw your own conclusions. No, but [Jameis Winston](http://cbssports.com/images/collegefootball/Jameis-Winston-Florida-State-No-Helmet.jpg), who is, to my straight white male eyes, a pretty freaking handsome dude, has. This idea that only ugly dudes can make women uncomfortable is veritable nonsense. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/166 "2013-12-06T23:22:20Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Well, say what you will about how sexist I may be perceived to be, at least I’m not **brazil84**. No, you’re disgusting for very different reasons! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/167 "2013-12-07T00:20:05Z")
You guys just won’t acknowledge how pervasive and oppressive the patriarchy really is. I mean, how would you feel in an elevator with [this guy](http://comethatmidnight.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/patriarch_kirill.jpg) making a pass at you? ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/168 "2013-12-07T00:57:42Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > I mean, how would you feel in an elevator with [this guy](http://comethatmidnight.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/patriarch_kirill.jpg) making a pass at you? Pretty goddamn flattered. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/169 "2013-12-07T03:49:00Z")
For anyone who knows nothing about the spectacular assholes of the New Atheist movement, [this](http://plover.net/~bonds/nolongeraskeptic.html) is required reading. > [@](#): > > That’s right: the nerds won, decades ago, and they’re now as thoroughly established as any other part of the establishment. And while nerds a relatively new elite, they’re overwhelmingly the same as the old: rich, white, male, and desperate to hang onto what they’ve got. And I have come to realise that skepticism, in their hands, is just another tool to secure and advance their privileged position, and beat down their inferiors. As a skeptic, I was not shoring up the revolutionary barricades: instead, I was cheering on the Tsar’s cavalry. ---
**Author:** ![Karrius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/71c47a/32.png) [@Karrius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Karrius)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/170 "2013-12-07T05:59:43Z")
Is that supposed to make me feel bad? I’m an extremely hardcore atheist, anti-theist, whatever you want to call me, and most popular atheists are a huge embarrassment. When many prominent ones are sexist and racist, and do things like make excuses for child molestation, that needs to stop, and I don’t want to associate with those kinds of worthless scum, and can’t imagine why anyone would. ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/171 "2013-12-07T10:53:03Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > Ugh, ick. Are you butthurt because you’re so vile no human will touch you? Lol, a brilliant response. Reminds me of hypothetical MRA’s and PUA’s who insist any girl who disagrees with them must be fat and ugly. ---
**Author:** ![BlackKnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eb8c5e/32.png) [@BlackKnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlackKnight)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/172 "2013-12-07T15:18:19Z")
> [@Maeglin](#): > > For anyone who knows nothing about the spectacular assholes of the New Atheist movement, [this](http://plover.net/~bonds/nolongeraskeptic.html) is required reading. Jesus, the ego barely fits on that page. > [@](#): > > A lot of the most prominent skeptics, though, are ugly all the time. Loudmouth libertarians like Penn Jillette, touchy-feely dorks like Randall Monroe, lazy comedy hacks like Robin Ince and Charlie Brooker, neoliberal thugs like Christopher Hitchens and David Aaronovitch, the sniggering philistines at reddit/atheism: no one I respect could hang out with this crowd. I feel a rush of self-loathing just browsing the same web forums. Sounds like somebody’s too cool for school. (Although I’ll certainly admit that describing Penn Jillette as a loud-mouthed Libertarian is pretty accurate.) I’m not sure what we were all supposed to get from that essay in self-indulgence, other than that the author admits he became a skeptic due to “aesthetic reasons”. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/173 "2013-12-07T15:42:18Z")
> [@BlackKnight](#): > > Jesus, the ego barely fits on that page. > Sounds like somebody’s too cool for school. (Although I’ll certainly admit that describing Penn Jillette as a loud-mouthed Libertarian is pretty accurate.) > > I’m not sure what we were all supposed to get from that essay in self-indulgence, other than that the author admits he became a skeptic due to “aesthetic reasons”. I didn’t say I wanted to have a beer with the author. Whether or not he is a dick has no bearing on the question. We have such “sceptics” right here on the SDMB, and sure enough, they are almost universally detested. One can be self-indulgent and correct. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/174 "2013-12-07T17:37:14Z")
> [@Fenris](#): > > Granted, Brazil84’s post was spectacularly retard…is _that_ why you posted about him, because, say what you want about brazil84, at least he doesn’t molest underage, retarded, transgender girls…or boys, I suppose, since you changed your underage retarded sex-victim’s pronoun status from “her” to “him” in this latest retelling. Once more: 1. We were both well within legal limits of the state of Maine; the age difference was _two years_ and we were both teenagers. 2. “Retarded” is absolutely incorrect; I was given this impression by her mother, who mistook being transgendered for a mental deficiency, hence: 3. The change from “her” to “him” was brought on by him accepting that he was, in fact, a FTM transgendered person. I know it’s nice to be able to point to someone and say, “wow, look at how terrible of a human being they are”, but this reputation I have for having “molested a retarded underaged girl”? You guys know _nothing_. Give it a fucking rest already. Criticize me for posting stupid shit when drunk, for taking a joke by Watson too seriously, placing a little too much stock in the opinion of one Phil Mason, or being an insufferable prick when it comes to alternative medicine and feminism. But this shit is getting _really_ old. Can we not make _every_ single fucking thread I make in this section about something I did over a year and a half ago which nobody (not even myself at the time!) got the details right on? _Please_? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/175 "2013-12-08T06:18:40Z")
> [@brazil84](#): > > Lol, a brilliant response. Reminds me of hypothetical MRA’s and PUA’s who insist any girl who disagrees with them must be fat and ugly. They aren’t hypothetical. And you’re vile. Own it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![brazil84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@brazil84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brazil84)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/176 "2013-12-08T15:48:42Z")
> [@Gleena](#): > > They aren’t hypothetical. I wouldn’t know for sure since I don’t pay much attention to them. > [@](#): > > And you’re vile. Own it. 🙂 If by “vile,” you mean willing to state the truth even if it’s offensive, then yes – guilty as charged. On the other hand, if your argument is that I am sexually unattractive, I am happy to stipulate so for the sake of argument since it doesn’t affect the truth of anything I have said. So is that what you are saying? Although it’s admittedly a bit immature, I am tempted to make an observation or two about YOUR attractiveness if I feel you have opened the door to it. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/177 "2013-12-08T16:10:16Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Once more: > > 1. We were both well within legal limits of the state of Maine; the age difference was _two years_ and we were both teenagers. > 2. “Retarded” is absolutely incorrect; I was given this impression by her mother, who mistook being transgendered for a mental deficiency, hence: > 3. The change from “her” to “him” was brought on by him accepting that he was, in fact, a FTM transgendered person. > > I know it’s nice to be able to point to someone and say, “wow, look at how terrible of a human being they are”, but this reputation I have for having “molested a retarded underaged girl”? You guys know _nothing_. Give it a fucking rest already. Criticize me for posting stupid shit when drunk, for taking a joke by Watson too seriously, placing a little too much stock in the opinion of one Phil Mason, or being an insufferable prick when it comes to alternative medicine and feminism. But this shit is getting _really_ old. Can we not make _every_ single fucking thread I make in this section about something I did over a year and a half ago which nobody (not even myself at the time!) got the details right on? _Please_? :mad: Pretty sure that previously you said your made-up sexual conquests occurred in Europe (American teen living in Germany if I recall.) You have a hard time keeping your masturbatory fantasies straight, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/178 "2013-12-08T16:57:32Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Once more: > > 1. We were both well within legal limits of the state of Maine; the age difference was _two years_ and we were both teenagers. 18-14=4, not two. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/179 "2013-12-08T19:17:53Z")
Randall Monroe is a piece of shit because he’s into science? ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2013, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468/180 "2013-12-08T19:47:27Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > Pretty sure that previously you said your made-up sexual conquests occurred in Europe (American teen living in Germany if I recall.) You have a hard time keeping your masturbatory fantasies straight, huh? American teen living in Germany _visiting the states on a regular basis_. Look, you shitbag, I don’t _want_ to have to spend any more time explaining this to you. But for some reason, you just won’t let this shit die. You’ll bring this up _anywhere_ and suddenly the thread is about how I raped an underaged retard. And now you’re saying you think I made it all up. Well if you think I’m trolling then quit giving me attention and let this stupid bullshit _die_. The fact is, none of you incredibly stupid, vindictive harpies have a damned clue what happened. So give it a goddamn rest. > [@Fenris](#): > > 18-14=4, not two. She wasn’t fucking 14 either you ignorant prickbucket. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ro-rebecca-watson-of-skepchick-you-are-a-very-bad-word/675468.md?page=10)