Governments turn up the heat on atheists: report

[trotsky]

7. Oh undoubtedly.

There's been a long history here of nasty behavior, there are no clean hands. But the people who are pretending their hands are clean are some of the worst poo-flingers, and also the most subversive by trying to equate Dawkins with a religious fundie proposing death to infidels, for instance.

What it often comes down to is not the claim of a "monopoly on the truth," but the ability to recognize that some claims are more truthful, more valid than others. See Asimov's brilliant essay The Relativity of Wrong for a great explanation of this.

But I just want to say I appreciate that we can have these kinds of open discussions about tactics and behavior, whereas that kind of reflective analysis doesn't often happen elsewhere. I don't mind anyone pointing out issues they have with my posts or posting style.