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Atheists have also given themselves pretentious monikers such as freethinker, rationalist and "bright". See also: [[Brights Movement]]

Atheists have also given themselves pretentious monikers such as freethinker, rationalist and "bright". See also: [[Brights Movement]]

The ABC News.com commentator John Allen Paulos remarked of the “brights” campaign, “I don’t think a degree in public relations is needed to expect that many people will construe the term as smug, ridiculous, and arrogant.”<ref>[http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/not_too_bright/ Not Too “Bright"], ''Skeptical Enquirer'', Chris Mooney, October 15, 2003</ref> The Brights Movement largely came about because the label "atheist" has such a bad reputation (see: [[Views on atheists]]). The atheist Sam Harris has said concerning the label of atheist, "It's right next to child molester as a designation." (See also: [[Atheism and social outcasts]]).<ref>http://newsinitiative.org/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist</ref>

The ABC News.com commentator John Allen Paulos remarked of the “brights” campaign, “I don’t think a degree in public relations is needed to expect that many people will construe the term as smug, ridiculous, and arrogant.”<ref>[http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/not_too_bright/ Not Too “Bright"], ''Skeptical Enquirer'', Chris Mooney, October 15, 2003</ref> The Brights Movement largely came about because the label "atheist" has such a bad reputation. The atheist Sam Harris has said concerning the label of atheist, "It's right next to child molester as a designation." (See also: [[Views on atheists]] and [[Atheism and social outcasts]]).<ref>http://newsinitiative.org/story/2007/06/19/interview_with_an_atheist</ref>

After the Brights Movement failed to attract a significant following, the popular YouTube video maker [[Shockofgod]] mocked the movement and the movement's weak website traffic with a video entitled ''Atheism's future not bright at all''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgHt7Wt3KMc Atheism's future not bright at all] by [[Shockofgod]]</ref>  See also: [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]] and [[Desecularization]]

After the Brights Movement failed to attract a significant following, the popular YouTube video maker [[Shockofgod]] mocked the movement and the movement's weak website traffic with a video entitled ''Atheism's future not bright at all''.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgHt7Wt3KMc Atheism's future not bright at all] by [[Shockofgod]]</ref>  See also: [[Global atheism|Decline of global atheism]] and [[Desecularization]]