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The atheist [[Hemant Menta]] is an author, popular atheist blogger, and atheist activist. He also served as a chair on the Secular Student Alliance board of directors. His blog is called ''The Friendly Atheist.'' Given the Brights Movement's reputation for smugness (see: [[Atheism and arrogance]]), his endorsement of the Brights Movement and his current listing as an "Enthusiastic Bright" on the Brights Movement website, could be seen as a matter of hypocrisy due to the attributes of "friendly" and "smug" being incompatible opposites.<ref>[http://www.the-brights.net/people/enthusiastic/index2.html "Enthusiastic Brights" at the Brights Movement website]</ref>
The atheist [[Hemant Menta]] is an author, popular atheist blogger, and atheist activist. He also served as a chair on the Secular Student Alliance board of directors. His blog is called ''The Friendly Atheist.'' Given the Brights Movement's reputation for smugness (see: [[Atheism and arrogance]]), his endorsement of the Brights Movement and his current listing as an "Enthusiastic Bright" on the Brights Movement website, could be seen as a matter of hypocrisy due to the attributes of "friendly" and "smug" being incompatible opposites.<ref>[http://www.the-brights.net/people/enthusiastic/index2.html "Enthusiastic Brights" at the Brights Movement website]</ref>
== After the initial launch period the Brights Movement lost momentum and petered out ==
== The Brights Movement lost its momentum and then petered out ==
After the Brights Movement failed to attract a significant following subsequent to their initial launch period and then petered out as a movement, 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 subsequent to their initial launch period and then petered out as a movement, 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]]