I find this fascinating - mostly because I come from a Muslim family and from all the teachings I've ever heard of, Islamic Creationism is totally Not A Thing. In that it's a small fringe practice but never a code of belief among numerous scholars, traditions, and histories. This might be the second or third time I'm…

I'm sure you are completely educated on the religion of Islam and the differences between its billions of followers. I'm sure you have a fucking PhD on the topic. But I guess blowing up abortion clinics and doctors doesn't count.

They work to encourage Jewish people to return to Israel, actively oppose any sort of resolution to the conflict in the area, and support Israel's possession and use of nuclear weapons. If you think that doesn't have an effect on the world, I don't think you're paying very close attention.

Obligatory reminder of how important Islamic scholars have been to the advancement of mathematics and (a little irony?) astronomy. This is one of the quibbles I have about the otherwise great Cosmos.

It should also be added that Oktar is very heavily influenced by American Evangelical Christians and receives a lot of his support from them. In fact his whole "celebrity" was precipitated by American Creationists working on Turkish science curriculum.

Oh really? You've taken a count or a poll? I'd be willing to bet that the lesser amount of bible thumpers manages to do just as much damage, if not more, than the Koran thumpers.

I'm going to say as a therapist, one thing I hate about these therapeutic concepts that catch attention, is that it is far more about marketing than what is actually helpful psychologically. As a result, the clinicians that do become well known usually have the biggest egos. The strength of their ideas never really…

It just sounds so pretentious. What's wrong with "amicably breaking-up"?

Its really great the way that this article totally dismisses the feelings of Asian-Americans because I love it when white people tell me to calm down and look at the "real" issues. Who cares that people used this language to dehumanize me ALL THE TIME, even as an adult! Its still just "playground race-based insults"…

White privilege, ignorance and racism at it's best ladies and gentlemen all neatly packaged in a condescending demeaning passive aggressive Jezebel article. Congrats.

Yay for whitesplainin! White people(especially liberal types) have got this whole race thing all figured out...

Allies fuck up. It happens. People are human. The composer of the tweet should apologize for not including context. Suey should apologize for not owning up to co-opting the education about the R*dskins name for what amounts to a misunderstanding. Everyone who threatened Suey owes her an apology for being really bad at…

Satire about race is tricky because it's actually racism. BUT if you benefit from the racist power structure (white privilege) racism begins to look like satire, something funny and ou go on believing that it's okay. Hence this article. Using racist slurs to make a point doesn't erase the impact of those racial…

(I'm sorry, I did not mean to put this in your group chat, I don't really know how this commenting system works... ) This article actually misses the entire fucking point. This was never just about the tweet. The tweet was an easy thing to talk about on Twitter...because it was a tweet. This is not about a lack of…

Here's the problem. If you already know and like Colbert (as I do) you might give him a pass even if you (correctly) perceive the whole bit as likely to offend some Asians. I mean, are you all forgetting the part where Colbert "acts" like an old Chinese stereotype from many years ago? Was that bit making fun of Dan…

I don't find it offensive, primarily because I'm a huge Colbert fan and I know how sophisticated his humor can be, but I just find these kinds of comedic incidents irritating and tiresome. First of all, it's a double-standard. It's just like the time when Sarah Silverman said "chink" on Conan years ago - it was a…

just saying: colbert's tweet is pretty ridic. doesn't help him any to get defensive and throw the show's feed under the bus like that. bad for biz too. he should have simply issued an apology and indicated the difference in feeds, not made it seem as though he was unaware that @colberreport exists and directly linked…

Of course there is. The difference is that you like Colbert, and don't like Tosh.

Ironic that Jez is now taking the "but you don't get the joke" stance. What if he had been talking about rape instead? Or what if he made fun of black face by dressing in blackface? Is it just a joke then? Some things (like blackface) will be unacceptable under any circumstance, satire or not. And you cant tell…

Great, another white person telling brown people to shut up. How rare.