Your whole piece is centered on this premise, yet I’ve seen no evidence of such censorship taking place. Please provide some quotes, links or any other evidence that this might be a problem.

I LOVE the English language and I read atheist blogs to give me the language I need to engage in arguments with my comadres. I have enough tongue for ten rows of teeth and I’m constantly arguing atheism in Spanish. I can translate the arguments into Spanish and understand the reasoning but I absolutely crave the rhythm, the poetry, the explosion of meanings, the pinch of sarcasm, the building of words, in English.

I too have been censored by the “Hurt Feelings Police” for using words/expressions like “squirting bellyfruit”, capacious vaginal dimensions, semen demons, Fundamngelical, wide-eyed Christoholic, Mormon haircut, crotch droppings, baby-addicted mother, Christian kidbots, hysterical breeding using a hydraulic pump and a revolving door, the Dead-Guy-On-A-Stick (Jesus), etc., all in reference to creepy Dominionists like Frau Michelle Duggar of Arkansas.

I AVOID atheist blogs with politically correct, humorless, dour, moderators who believe in serving a slice of Kumbaya pie with a dollop of delusion so as to accommodate religionistas who are clearly two sandwiches short of a picnic. Now, I’m not saying that I’m not as crazy as an acre of snakes but I believe in allowing expressions, ideas, blasphemy, even if it ticks someone to the point of making them lock themselves inside their prayer closet…as long as they are not strapped to explosives. I took my daughter to Israel and Jordan this summer on a back packing trip. We both came back with an appreciation for freedom of speech and glad that in this country, no one has the right not to be offended.

Thank you, Mr. Stefanelli!!!!

If your message is “women who stand up for their rights are bitches” that’s no different than”black people who stand up for their rights are niggers”. Too often these days that does seem to be the message being sent to feminists in the atheist community…

I’m surprised your pitiful “comment” – which is just a pointless ad hominem attack on Al – made it through moderation, here. It’s a testament to RJ’s patience, I suppose. Freedom and liberty for ALL even includes you!

However, (and I stated this in a comment that at this time is in ‘moderation’), her insistence that the word ‘bitch’ is on par with racial or ethnic slurs is ridiculous.

She proceeds to list a litany of racial and ethnic slurs, but seems to fail to understand that these words are used as pejoratives toward someone who is born that way.

Nobody is born a bitch, unless you’re referring to a female dog. By the way, I find it amusing that she is more than willing to use those words.

Oh, wait. That would be ‘context.’ Nevermind.

You can read her blog here:

http://www.http://freethoughtblogs.com/butterfliesandwheels/2012/10/carlin-isnt-the-issue/