On Christer Sturmark

For the fist time ever I have blocked a follower on Twitter. Well, this is not entirely true, I have blocked a few spammers, but this is different. The person I have blocked is Christer Sturmark, president of the Swedish Humanist Association, and the reason is simply his obnoxious rhetoric. And I have discussed many things with plenty of obnoxious people over the years—not least religious homophobes who miss no opportunity to send me insults and condemnations.

Anyhow, what makes Mr Sturmark get under my skin is his method of hurling offensive accusations at people and then retire to self-pity and labelling opponents psychological projectionists, meaning that whenever he is criticised for wrongdoing he replies that the critics transfer their own shortcomings onto him.

So, when Christer Sturmark says that Jews and Muslims violate human rights by mutilating children, I’m a bad man for pointing out that international law protects religious minorities and clearly stresses that children have the right to be part of their parent’s religious tradition. And when I refer to scientific studies on male circumcision that put his talk of mutilation in question, I’m somehow defending child mutilation.

Considering my two decades of debating gay rights with religious homophobes, it’s ironic that a man who says he favours science and reason to superstition should be the first person I block for being unbearably dogmatic and unreasonable.

I post this entry to help myself remember never to engage in a discussion with Christer Sturmark.