A Carnival and a Swarm: Theocracy and Crankiness on the 4th of July
It's the 4th of July, and in my mutant form of patriotism, I'm participating in a blogswarm against theocracy and a blog carnival called This Is Not My Country.
Blogswarm Against Theocracy is pretty much what it sounds like. About a bezillion people have been blogging against theocracy in the run-up to the Fourth of July, and their posts are being collected here. I put in my silly-but serious piece on the "Buffy" spinoff "Angel" and its angry atheist view of religion and theocracy. And there's a lot of other wonderful blogging against theocracy happening on this patriotic holiday. Check it out.
And appropriately enough, the This Is Not My Country blog carnival, dedicated to "expressions not of hatred for one's country but of disappointment or anger at its abandoning of its values," is now up on Hell's Handmaiden. It's an odd and interesting assortment of cranky, mostly lefty political writing, and they were kind enough to include my No Sex Please, We’re Democrats piece about abstinence-only sex education over on the Blowfish Blog. Happy 4th, everybody!
Hrmm interesting I'm going to check out those sites. I'm also a Democrat. And I'm tagging you. :)
http://www.lunatail.com/2007/07/04/8-things-about-me/
Posted by: Cynthia Blue | July 04, 2007 at 07:28 PM
In out mutant form of patriotism, we go to Michael Moore movies on the 4th of July. This year, Sicko. A few years ago, Fahrenheit 911. Then we go see the fireworks.
Posted by: Beth Terry | July 06, 2007 at 03:15 AM
“No, I don't think people really give a shit about that (meeting one's maker) unless they're completely bamboozled by religious superstition - to live your life in planning for this good time you're going to have in the sky”
- Frank Zappa
quote from thinkexist.com
Posted by: C.S. Lewiston | July 06, 2007 at 09:03 AM