Religion
In reply to the discussion: Bad arguments are bad arguments [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,983 posts)can claim to speak for any community, no matter how many books are sold. Dawkins cannot speak for all atheists, nor could (insert religious type) speak for all (insert religion here.) What is happening though, and it is not quite all Dawkins fault, is that when Dawkins speaks on stuff he has no authority or expertise on, like child molestation or sexual harassment, he speaks with the same arrogance that he would have every right to speak about on Biology. Throw in folks like Sam Harris who say stuff like "distrust anything Muslim". and you have people who deserve to be called out on THEIR OWN Behavior, which is not even close to being a representation of the whole, or even part of , Atheism.
I have no problem with what anyone, Athiest or whatever, believes, However, if you lunge at me, or try in any way to degrade me for what I am, expect a response, whether you are some Muslim trying to convert me, a Mormon trying to convert me, a Scientologist, or someone quoting Madalyn Murray o Hair's bs that an agnostic is an Athiest without guts. I have no problem with member of that group, but if they try to attack, which includes trying to make me either hated or looked down upon, they should nto be surprised if I call them assholes.