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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I've had this same thought. I'm atheist by the nature of what I DON'T believe. It doesn't say anything about what I DO believe.
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Also why I'm not comfortable with so many atheist groups, building a community around what is simply an absence of belief.
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Yes. I wrote a thing about this approach & the post-theistic one advocated by @GodDoesnt which talks about this. http://helenpluckroseblogs.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-conflicting-approaches-of-david.html …
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