Lol. Religious Rightists who don't want Christianity criticised want to point out the problem of Leftists not wanting Islam criticised 1/2
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"Liberal New Atheist" is an oxymoron. There r NA's who may support some liberal issues but they aren't libs.&they sure as hell ain't Lefties
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Great read, Helen! Thanks for writing this beautifully written piece.
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Thank you!
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At this point the New Atheists are condemned even by pretty moderate liberals.
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They lost me when, faced with rising islamophobia, they contributed to it rather than confronting it on the grounds of simply being right.
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They are right, but there are many things much more important than being right and relentlessly asserting your rightness.
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Addressing the problem of religion in general & Islam in particular is one of them.
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Standing up for people who are being targeted on the basis of the religion they happen to have been born into is another.
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Absolutely! You'll not find 'New Atheists' very tolerant of blaming ppl for the religion they were born into. Many are ex-Muslim.
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Excellent as usual, Helen.
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Thanks!
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Failure to place science front & centre is a grave problem. Some atheists are very weak to this - replacing faith with dogma
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Atheists may or may not value science but the 'new atheist' ethos certainly did.
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It's only a term I have heard in the last few months. I guess I have always been one.
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Another compelling article Ms. Pluckrose, thanks for writing.
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Wonderful article! Succinct summary of where we are. As one who is genuinely baffled by religious belief i appr pointer to texts to help
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Always thought" New Atheists" had a whiff of the pejorative. If religion sat in the corner and didn't disrupt class we wdn't have to shout.
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Fantastic article on struggle posed for liberals today in a world that is going illiberal on the right and left. Much appreciated.
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