Because atheists and especially Richard Dawkins are just like Putin, KKK members, and Hitler. Writing "Unweaving the Rainbow" was just like invading Poland!
Well, Dawkins is a sexist piece of shit. Hitchens advocated war in Iraq to fight the religious. Sam Harris advocated torture. "New Atheism" is full of philosophically bankrupt bullshit artists.
Remind me again, what year was it that the SCOTUS had to rule on whether or not states could prohibit atheists from holding elected office? Oh, right, 1963.
Obviously, Godwined, superficial, and foolish, but...
The first three are collective nouns for groups of people. "Religion" isn't. That would be "The Religious", "Theists", etc. Also, given that this is an American meme, "Religion" is probably intended to be falsely broad euphemism for "Christians" (rather than, say, "Buddhists").
Dawkin's is an asshole who is a member of a minority group and likes to make unfair comments about a majority group, but does so through the medium of discussion and debate. Is there really any significant between that any what the other three get up to?
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Date: 2013-12-20 12:27 am (UTC)I see it!
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Date: 2013-12-20 05:06 am (UTC)Remind me again, what year was it that the SCOTUS had to rule on whether or not states could prohibit atheists from holding elected office? Oh, right, 1963.
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Date: 2013-12-20 02:50 pm (UTC)The first three are collective nouns for groups of people. "Religion" isn't. That would be "The Religious", "Theists", etc. Also, given that this is an American meme, "Religion" is probably intended to be falsely broad euphemism for "Christians" (rather than, say, "Buddhists").
#usagefail
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Date: 2013-12-20 03:59 pm (UTC)Kill them.
Kill them.
Imprison them.
Give them access to better education.
One of these "hate groups" is not like the others...
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