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Friday, September 12, 2014

Will Misogyny Bring Down The Atheist Movement?

"...To those outside the community, freethought would seem an unlikely candidate for this sort of internal strife. Aren’t atheists and agnostics supposed to be liberal, forward-thinking types? But from the beginning, there has been a division in freethought between the humanists, who see atheism as one part of a larger progressive vision for society, and the libertarians, for whom the banishment of God sits comfortably with capitalism, gun rights, and free-speech absolutism. One group sees men like Michael Shermer as freethought’s big problem, while the other sees defending them as crucial to freethought’s mission..."

http://www.buzzfeed.com/markoppenheimer/will-misogyny-bring-down-the-atheist-movement#3s8smup

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