r/neoliberal • u/ghhewh Anne Applebaum • Aug 11 '24

Richard Dawkins lied about the Algerian boxer, then lied about Facebook censoring him Opinion article (non-US)

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/richard-dawkins-lied-about-the-algerian

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '24

The guy who made a generation of middle schoolers insufferable.

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u/dweeb93 Aug 11 '24

Literally me, I was an insufferable atheist when I was 14 lol. I'm past that now.

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u/pulkwheesle unironic r/politics user Aug 11 '24

I don't think it's the atheists who were insufferable, but the theocratic fascists who were/are trying to take away women's rights and LGBTQ rights. I just feel like way too much criticism is directed at a few atheists who say something 'cringe,' and not enough at the deranged lunatics trying to destroy secular democracy and who are speaking in tongues.

But it is sad to see people like Dawkins becoming anti-trans morons.

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u/SuspiciousUsername88 Lis Smith Sockpuppet Aug 11 '24

I just feel like way too much criticism is directed at a few atheists who say something 'cringe'

To be fair we're not talking about some random redditor here, we're talking about someone who shapes the minds and worldview of millions of random redditors. And as an atheist myself, I'm not on board with handwaving away bad things because "the other side" is bad too. That's how communities and movements are allowed to rot from the inside

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u/pulkwheesle unironic r/politics user Aug 11 '24

I'm not even talking about people like Dawkins, but how there's a trend of referring to atheists in general as 'le Reddit atheists' or 'cringe.'

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u/Zerce Aug 12 '24

To be fair, this is probably the wrong site to be on to avoid accusations of "Reddit atheist"

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u/pulkwheesle unironic r/politics user Aug 12 '24

Yeah, but there's nothing similar happening to theists. There's not some trend/meme where people say, 'Wow, you expressed your religious views in public? Haha, what a cringe Reddit theist!' Our culture has been so deeply influenced and infiltrated by religion that people don't even see the hypocrisy.

The vast majority of people who identify as agnostics are actually just atheists, but are afraid to admit it. There is a massive anti-atheist bias still.

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u/Zerce Aug 12 '24

Yeah, but there's nothing similar happening to theists.

I remember "Jesus freaks" being a term back in the day, but maybe I'm old.