Battling misogyny, homophobia, etc., is far more complex than just calling it out in strangers. That accomplishes very little.
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It sometimes involves the challenging work of seeing past these serious problems, forming a genuine connection, then engaging meaningfully.
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And the point of relentlessly and unapologeticly asserting the rightness of the critique is to make sure problems are taken up in debate
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There is value in ensuring that a public debate on these issues continues but it is only a small part of the change needed.
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And my biggest criticism of new atheism is their fixation on debate and inability to move on to more impactful activities.
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Oh but, do they need to? Why can't they continously hit Islam over the head with the factual arguments and still do other things too?
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If they want to actually connect with the majority of moderate Muslims, the fixation on attacking Islam is alienating.
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A lot of people are currently taking offense over their religious ideas being questioned, this is neccesary to get change, 1/2
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The moderate muslims will eventually in the face of overwhelming evidence and public opinion have to reconcile their faith or leave it 2/2
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Unfortunately, that's not how beliefs work. There are teams of research showing that "overwhelming evidence" isn't what changes beliefs.
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And the books by James Lindsay, Peter Boghossian and Jon Haidt that I recommended in the essay,
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