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→The day Elevatorgate occurred has been called the day the atheist movement died
Richard Dawkins is still widely criticized for igniting deep fractures in the atheist movement through his Elevatorgate scandal. For example, on November 26, 2013, the atheist activist and blogger [[Jen McCreight]] posted at Twitter the message: "Did anyone on Dawkins AMA ask how he feels about singlehandedly destroying the [[atheist movement]] with the Dear Muslima yet?"<ref>[https://twitter.com/jennifurret/status/405391218273554433 Jennifer McCreight on the Twitter about the Elevatorgate scandal]</ref> In December of 2013, atheist Jack Vance at Atheist Revolution called July 2, 2011, which is the day that Elevatorgate occurred, "The day the atheist movement died."<ref>[http://www.atheistrev.com/2013/12/the-day-atheist-movement-died.html The Day the Atheist Movement Died] by Jack Vance at Atheist Revolution</ref>
Richard Dawkins is still widely criticized for igniting deep fractures in the atheist movement through his Elevatorgate scandal. For example, on November 26, 2013, the atheist activist and blogger [[Jen McCreight]] posted at Twitter the message: "Did anyone on Dawkins AMA ask how he feels about singlehandedly destroying the [[atheist movement]] with the Dear Muslima yet?"<ref>[https://twitter.com/jennifurret/status/405391218273554433 Jennifer McCreight on the Twitter about the Elevatorgate scandal]</ref> In December of 2013, atheist Jack Vance at Atheist Revolution called July 2, 2011, which is the day that Elevatorgate occurred, "The day the atheist movement died."<ref>[http://www.atheistrev.com/2013/12/the-day-atheist-movement-died.html The Day the Atheist Movement Died] by Jack Vance at Atheist Revolution</ref>
Leftists who committed to more gender, feminism and ethnic diversity within the atheist population, believe that the Elevatorgate incident and subsequent actions by Dawkins gave atheism a bad name and it caused increased dissension among atheists.
For example, an atheist commenting on [[Michael Nugent]]'s blog wrote in 2014: "The problem, as identified by almost every mainstream outsider-looking-in, [[Atheism and women|is sexism]]; it’s [[Irreligion and domestic violence|harassment of women]]; it’s the tacit support of this by many of [[Atheism and leadership|high profile figures]] in atheism; and it’s the awful comments by [[Richard Dawkins|Dawkins]] on twitter regarding rape, disability and feminism. This has discredited the [[Atheist movement]], likely for good. It’s over. Mention of Dawkins in public now induces a pained cringe at best." - An atheist commenting at atheist Michael Nugent's website<ref> An atheist comment about the article [http://www.michaelnugent.com/2014/09/25/pz-myers-unfair-and-hurtful-misrepresentations-of-richard-dawkins-comments-about-being-abused-as-a-child/ PZ Myers’ unfair and hurtful misrepresentations of Richard Dawkins’ comments about being abused as a child] by Michael Nugent on September 25, 2014</ref>
On March 6, 2015, it was reported that Google trends data for common terms associated with atheism/agnosticism have been in decline since about mid 2012.<ref>[http://conservativetriumphs.blogspot.com/2015/03/attention-atheists-google-trends.html Attention Atheists: Google trends indicates: You are in a slump!]</ref> In January of 2015, it was shown that Google trends data indicated a recent downward trend for various Google searches related to atheism such as the keywords atheist, atheism, [[Richard Dawkins]] and [[PZ Myers]].<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2015/01/creationcom-breaks-alexa-50000-barrier.html The numbers are in: 2014 was the WORST year in the history of Darwinism/atheism In addition, Creation.com breaks the Alexa 50,000 barrier]</ref>
On March 6, 2015, it was reported that Google trends data for common terms associated with atheism/agnosticism have been in decline since about mid 2012.<ref>[http://conservativetriumphs.blogspot.com/2015/03/attention-atheists-google-trends.html Attention Atheists: Google trends indicates: You are in a slump!]</ref> In January of 2015, it was shown that Google trends data indicated a recent downward trend for various Google searches related to atheism such as the keywords atheist, atheism, [[Richard Dawkins]] and [[PZ Myers]].<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2015/01/creationcom-breaks-alexa-50000-barrier.html The numbers are in: 2014 was the WORST year in the history of Darwinism/atheism In addition, Creation.com breaks the Alexa 50,000 barrier]</ref>