After about a year of berating by friends and colleagues, I have finally gotten around to starting a blog. Thanks to everyone and I hope I don't disappoint.
I hope to use this blog to link and comment on Canadian politics with a sense of positivism that most political bloggers lack. I will attempt to highlight the hypocrisy and dogma inherent in today's system, whether it is from politicians, the media, pundits, or activists.
I am not sure why I chose to use 'Iconoclast' in my title. Most likely it was because I am late entering the blogosphere all the good names are taken. However, the term aptly suits my outlook in life since I think that most traditions and beliefs deserve to be criticized, although I always hope their adherents are given the opportunity to defend themselves. I love to point out the logical flaws in people's reasoning, whatever their topics or beliefs are and hope that in doing so, people can rethink some of their beliefs (or at least come up with better reasons for believing what they do).
I find Canadian liberals to be the most hypocritical and bigoted people on this planet. Perhaps this sounds harsh but living in the city surrounded by socialists who want to tell me how I should live and spend my money doing it, I tend to get overtly annoyed and defensive. I hope this blog can give comfort to Canadians knowing that somewhere in the collectivist cesspool we call Toronto; there are people who are working at dismantling the statist attitude that is holding back society.
Although I am often accused of being a militant atheist, I generally believe that people should have the ability to think and act for themselves. Keeping that in mind I classify myself as a militant secularist, since I will advocate for people’s ability to believe in whatever they want, as long as those beliefs are not forced upon others through government support. Since I spend most of my spare time with atheist activists, I hope to use this blog to link and comment on the new atheist movement and how I hope it moves forward.
