New Atheism, Old Empire

[cbayer]

131. This is an article about the political views of certain prominent atheists.

So their demographic group does have significant. If they are championing causes that have been connected with white, entitled imperialistic people and nations, then their demographic is a factor.

The reason there is an overlap with atheists in general and the sierra club is that atheists in general tend to lean left demographically.

But this particular group does not lean so left when it comes to some issues and that is the point.

If atheist groups want to expand their demographic, they have an interesting way of showing that. The issues with women and other minority groups have been posted about here in the past. Some of the individuals highlighted in this article have contributed to the problems.

I appreciate your long response, but I am not going to do your homework right now. There is lots of information available. You could search this group for specific keywords and get a pretty good run down.

You are most likely correct about the sexual orientation issue. As for the others, the demographics are decidedly different than for religious populations.

Men's combative nature plays a role in their rise within atheist organizations? Yes, I'll agree with that. In some areas their aggressive nature towards women has played a role. I won't even go into the issue of violence within those organizations, but the information is there is you want it.

I generally support atheist organizations, but there are significant problems in some areas and significant problems connected with some of these individuals discussed in this article. Until these groups recognize and deal with those issues, they are doomed to be marginalized or even demonized.

You can either look into that yourself or just dismiss it. Just take the time to read some articles written by female atheists and atheists of color…. or not.