I think this is an example of athiesm being used to justify imperialism in much the same way that Christianity used to
"those people are savages who worship false gods and need to accept Christ"
"those people are savages who worship false gods and need to accept secular humanism"
the poster seems to be an Indian nationalist of some sort
Muslim: [steals a bag of potato chips]
Nu-Atheists: "Islam is bad"
Christian: [shoots up a gay bar]
Nu-Atheists: "religion is bad"I don't even think they realize they're doing it.
As an exliberal I noticed one thing, why do Liberals cause problems where ever they go?
They want to be one of the good ones.
It just means they go last, in reality.
To call this a "trend" is a bit odd given that this has happened ever since religion was created. Not that it's happening because of religion, it's just another label used to segregate people into in-groups and out-groups, a justification for why some people should be treated as lesser than others.
This is just basic-ass bigotry, not even with a new paint job. If it wasn't religion, it'd be ethnicity or sexuality or origin country, whatever. Any arbitrary classification can be used if you're a right-winger trying to enforce your fictional hierarchies.
What's kinda funny about this person is that they seem to think that them being "ex-muslim" somehow releases them of the implicit islamic skull shape that predisposes them to cause problems or whatever.
I think it's a new trend in athiesm as previously athiesm wasn't an accepted part of the established order but I think people like Christopher Hitchens made a devils bargain so to speak to in exchange for political legitimacy play the same role in justifying colonialist violence as Christianity used to
I have known athiests who speak about Muslims (it is almost always Muslims as they are the enemy de jour) using language and points I recognise from 18th century colonial justifications
I will never understand why Americans are all rabid nazi antisemites, but have such a boner for Israel.
It's an ethnostate, and they love ethnostates. Plus it's a great excuse to get rid of all the Jews they hate having in their country and use them as a weapon to kill the Muslims they hate even more.
Don't make me tap the sign.... :citations-needed:
Seriously though, you are basically correct, new atheism is imperialist propaganda for the :reddit-logo: secular crowd.
But then they love to demonize China for genociding Muslims by....building Mosques and community to minimize fascism.
It's like they are horrified because the Uyghurs don't even have any oil for the US to steal.
They probably do got a lot of that sweet sweet lithium in Xinjiang so China does have a material interest at stake.
But their methods aren't strafing towns with depleted uranium so it's incomprehensible to those DoD ghouls.
also there were terrorist attacks within China by separtist groups which a state can't really just ignore
Hello Mr. Sanders, my name is flight 93 Gaddafi, and as an ex Muslim, I'd like to know what you're going to do about people like me fighting Israel.
