It's amazing how many people think of themselves as excommunicated from their moral/political/intellectual community.
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But very often, it is not so clear & people's perception of the schism maximises the other side & minimises their own completely sincerely.
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Or they just get the balance completely wrong. Is someone going to tell me there is a name for this phenomenon? You usually do.
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I've seen so many arguments over whether 'the atheist movement' is now dominated by Islamophilic SJWs or Islamophobic alt-right.
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This came abt coz western atheists critical of religion & collectivized were more likely to be liberal & then liberals split over Islam.
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Whether to criticise illiberal ideas consistently or to prioritise supporting minority groups even if that meant you didn't do that.
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And for many, this issue became polarising with people taking more extreme views on it in reaction to each other.
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Until there genuinely were Islamophilic SJW atheists & anti-Muslim alt-right atheists who were once consistent liberal atheists,
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Although it remains far more common to accuse people of being either when they are in fact neither but just differ slightly on approach.
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Which really goes to show why 'atheist' is not really an identity & it's probably best not to make it one. Just 1 position on one thing.
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Moral communities cannot form around this & they're really always about secularism, liberalism, rationalism, human rights - positive things.
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