• @01011@monero.town
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    18 months ago

    We have to remember that “New Atheism” was/is largely a response to militant Islam and also demographic shift in western nations.

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        8 months ago

        The whole New Atheist movement and cries of cultural xtianity came about due to the rise of militant Islam. They were appealing to a particular audience.

        It was always “religion is bad but Islam is especially bad” from Dawkins, Hitchens and Harris.

        • Queen HawlSera
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          27 months ago

          Ah that, I guess that explains shit like Harris literally demanding a pre-emptive nuclear strike against Islam in his book The End of Faith

          Whole thing was still cringe and I’m glad it seems to have lost in the end.