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Related: About this forumSome Small Parts of the Atheist Movement May Be a Joke
June 12, 2014
The meme that the atheist movement is a joke is quickly gaining popularity in the atheist social justice warrior crowd. Here is one of many recent examples of what one now finds with some regularity on Twitter:
In other words, "anybody who disagrees with me should just fuck off." Maybe I was wrong to dismiss the claim that the atheist movement is a joke as quickly as I did. Maybe there is something to this. I'll get to that, but first, I'd like to share some general reactions here.
First, I think that Matt Dillahunty was correct that characterizing the atheist movement as a joke is a "grossly unfair generalization" in this exchange. https://storify.com/ckoontz/atheist-movement-vs-bad-actors This point about it being an unfair generalization was what I sought to examine in the previous post I wrote about this subject. Still, Dillahunty did not go far enough, and neither did I.
Characterizing the atheist movement as a joke is dismissive of all the good work being done by those who are part of that movement. Much of the atheist movement, at least the part happening in the United States, overlaps with the secular movement and aims to strengthen the separation of church and state. Is this a joke too? Are all the brave kids who step forward to engage in secular activism in their schools or serve as plaintiffs in church-state lawsuits just a joke?
http://www.atheistrev.com/2014/06/some-small-parts-of-atheist-movement.html
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)The article seems like much ado about nothing.
"The meme that the atheist movement is a joke is quickly gaining popularity in the atheist social justice warrior crowd."
Who is the atheist social justice warrior crowd, and by what metric is this meme 'gaining popularity' among whoever they are?
cleanhippie
(19,705 posts)rug
(82,333 posts)AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Per the article: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=social%20justice%20warrior
Who are they, and of the group, how many are this meme 'gaining popularity with'?
You brought this article here, can you elaborate on who and why this is a thing?
rug
(82,333 posts)Appparently it's enough of a thing for Atheist Revolution to weigh in.
Aren't you interested in what goes on in the atheist community?
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)I've enjoyed some of the brouhaha recordings from Dillahunty's podcasts, when certain people call in, but that's about all the interest I have. Certainly none in a 'community'.
rock
(13,218 posts)Irony.