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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.

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>

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."<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>