At this point the New Atheists are condemned even by pretty moderate liberals.
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Replying to @robshpprd @HPluckrose
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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Replying to @robshpprd @HPluckrose
They are right, but there are many things much more important than being right and relentlessly asserting your rightness.
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Replying to @robshpprd
Addressing the problem of religion in general & Islam in particular is one of them.
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Replying to @HPluckrose
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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Replying to @robshpprd @HPluckrose
You know, it's entirely possible to stand up for Muslims' civil rights and yet tear into Islam, Islamophilia, and Islam apologetics.
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Replying to @SohanDsouza @robshpprd
That's what I like about the liberal sceptics known as 'New Atheists.' They do this.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @SohanDsouza
I see very little of the "standing up for Muslims" part. Lots of fearmongering and playing into stereotypes.
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Replying to @robshpprd @SohanDsouza
Look harder. Obv, their focus is more on ex-Muslims being oppressed by religion. Arabic version of God Delusion downloaded 10 million times.
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Replying to @HPluckrose @SohanDsouza
I have no interest in looking harder. The best thing the New Atheists had to offer the world was a more tolerant world for Atheists.
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That is still the aim but now people pissed off coz it's not all ex-Christians criticising Christianity but ex-Muslims criticising Islam too
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Replying to @HPluckrose @SohanDsouza
Whatever you think you're demonstrating with the "ex-Muslim" thing, you're not.
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Replying to @robshpprd @SohanDsouza
You don't know what it is but you know I'm wrong? This seems like a conversation worth having,
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