its faith in the rationality of (western) authority. why sam harris can call for racial profiling and carpet bombing the middle east
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Robert Wright argued a while back that the new atheists are the secularist equivalent of the religious right.
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It's not that interesting really, people were drawn to the spectacle of intellectual beatdowns, eg the classic "Hitchslap" clips.
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This is what new atheists/youtube atheists are about, looking for the next Hitchslap, that is what they built their atheism around
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they're among the most influential boosters of Islamophobia IMHO
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yep, absolutely. They're far more persuasive to mainstream audience than a Pam Geller.
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New Atheism really sucks cuz it makes it that much harder to make valid criticisms of religion wen u have bigoted troglodytes getting in way
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It's a gateway to alt-right sentiment on Islam.
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Actually alt-righters might be easier to talk to on this subject because they don't think of themselves as experts on the topic
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Umm, I've been an atheist since 1958. Can I get grandfathered in to avoid being called a reactionary?
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I've been an atheist since 1984, does that make me reactionary?
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