cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4479372
Richard Dawkins accused student protesters of antisemitism at his panel event - then runs away from questions about it
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4479372
Richard Dawkins accused student protesters of antisemitism at his panel event - then runs away from questions about it
Racist atheists. Western chauvinist atheists. Imperialist atheists.
I’m not familiar with New Atheism’s origins, but if it wasn’t created as War on Terror apologia, it certainly was used that way by Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, and many others. As a lifelong atheist who saw through the Iraq WMD lies from the start, I was horrified to watch how New Atheism played out.
Why the arguments of the 'New Atheists' are often just as violent as religion
Exactly. Watch the debate between Michael Parenti and Christopher Hitchens to see exactly what you are talking about. Showcases all the limits of the new atheist movement.
https://youtu.be/jzkmP3XFFX8
This is going to be like Vidal vs. Buckley, isn’t it? I guess I’ll find out!
I don’t think it was created as such, but all the guys you mentioned were either naive useful idiots or really believed in the US state department line. Hitchens was an Iraq War cheerleader and considering the rest have proven they care more about being Islamophobic than atheist, I wouldn’t be surprised if they had been as well.