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"In retrospect, it’s unsurprising that a lot of New Atheism devolved into reactionary, antifeminist, and even white supremacist thought, because it was never really about the things it claimed to be about." 1/n
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"The dominant affect of New Atheism wasn’t humility, or reflexivity, or curiosity, all the things one truly needs to improve intellectually. It was smugness."https://theoutline.com/post/7083/the-magical-thinking-of-guys-who-love-logic?zd=2&zi=wf4lyd7l …
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I def. recognized the dynamics described in this article, having been involved in online atheist communities (Usenet, IRC, early skeptic websites and discussion forums) in the 90s and early 00s. At some point many asked "What happened? These aren't my people." I associated it >
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> with adolescence; some of them just never grew up, never listened to others, and never achieved a more complicated view of the world. Of course this was a mistake; there was a lot more going on than an adolescent mentality...
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I have to say, also having been involved in "freethinkers" and "(new) atheist" as well as "rationalist" groups (two of which I was admin/mod on and both had 2k+ members) I saw the slide into right-wing-ness.
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It was very interesting to watch and that's probably why I can catch stuff now so early on. I am not unique in that obviously, but I have experienced that slide into what was then things like anarchocapitalism and on and on (before alt-right was called that).
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Replying to @o_guest @richarddmorey
I have even experienced a Nazi-theme "coup" against me in one of the groups.
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