Dammit Rupert.
Hitchens wasn’t just a prick, he was an apologist for imperialism just like these three goons were and still are.
New Atheist grifters not jumping into bed with Christian nationalists challenge (impossible)
Godless grifters: How the New Atheists merged with the far right
Where do people get unhinged numbers like half a million Russian military deaths? From meat wave theory and vibes?
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
Celebrity atheists such as Richard Dawkins appear to claim the moral high ground when it comes to violence. Dawkins, along with Sam Harris and the late Christopher Hitchens, insist that because religion is intrinsically violent, then atheism is inherently more pacific. After all, if all the evils in the world can be blamed on religion, then arguably eliminating religion is not only desirable but a moral obligation for atheists who believe in peace.
Yet our research shows that in the War on Terror, these atheists have been surprisingly willing to align themselves with policies which are at least as violent – and in some cases more so – than many of those perpetrated in the name of religion.
Drunk adults playing a game of Twister.
davel
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Capitalists propagate false consciousness without suffering from it themselves, and they understand class war.