A bad moment, compounded
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Non-believers as targets of anger
Check out this post called "Turning Away Anger," by Ebonmuse at Daylight Atheism. This post is a good collection of the sorts of abuse one can expect whenever one publicly expresses doubt that supernatural beings exist. He gives lots of examples. [T]here is a huge amount of anger seething and fuming among…
Q: Give a good example of a reaction formation. A: Republican Congressman Mark Foley
Here's the definition of "reaction formation" from Wikipedia: In Freud's psychoanalytic theory, reaction formation is a defense mechanism in which anxiety-producing or unacceptable emotions are replaced by their direct opposites. This mechanism is often characteristic of obsessional neuroses. Here's the example given on Wikipedia: A man who is overly aroused by…
The “war on terror” is a bad metaphor
According to this post by George Soros on Huffpo, four factors ensure that the alleged “war on terror” cannot be won. Calling the problem a “war” Invites killing innocent victims; It prevents the U.S. from differentiating among organizations that should be treated differently. It overemphasizes the need for military action…
The night of headless horrors
It was after dark. I was walking to my hotel in a big intimidating city, Chicago. Then I turned a corner and I saw them. I was so horrified I almost retched. I kept my composure, though, and called the police.
While I waited, I forced myself to glance again. All of those poor people had been decapitated. Rigor mortis had set in, keeping them in their lifelike positions. Their skin was blanched. But as I stood there, trembling, several young adults strolled by and they didn’t even look concerned. In fact, they were laughing . . . partying! Joking! Such a grotesque insensitivity to the plight of others! Such an unseemly juxtaposition! But what was that over to the right? I spun around and I saw even more victims.
I shook as I took these photos, constantly looking over my shoulder in case the fiends who committed all of these murders might return to decapitate me.
