http://dvera.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/wikipedia-scientolog/ Everything the religious right wing is against, I am for! (Well, almost everything.) Tue, 06 Oct 2009 03:39:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://dvera.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/wikipedia-scientolog/#comment-173 angelabocage Sat, 13 Jun 2009 03:00:49 +0000 http://dvera.wordpress.com/?p=146#comment-173 While it is troubling to see Wikipedia ban Scientologists, I have some sympathy for their position because, as a defender of abortion clinics, I often encountered, especially from the media, a sort of assumption of symmetry. Sometimes we want to take it as given that the playing field is level. It isn't, either in front of the clinics (see "Abortion Rights Rant," SF activism archive)or when large corporations mount well-funded public relations blitzes. Additionally, citing a danger of "similar requests from people who hate satanism, fascism, or pokemons" is arguing from the assumption of an easily avoidable "slippery slope." While it is troubling to see Wikipedia ban Scientologists, I have some sympathy for their position because, as a defender of abortion clinics, I often encountered, especially from the media, a sort of assumption of symmetry. Sometimes we want to take it as given that the playing field is level. It isn’t, either in front of the clinics (see “Abortion Rights Rant,” SF activism archive)or when large corporations mount well-funded public relations blitzes. Additionally, citing a danger of “similar requests from people who hate satanism, fascism, or pokemons” is arguing from the assumption of an easily avoidable “slippery slope.”

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