But the “angry atheist” cliché is also another reminder of just how far the celebrity New Atheists have shortchanged the rest of us who identify, more broadly, with the causes of secularism and rationalism. Because the New Atheists really do seem unusually angry.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/oliver-burkeman-column/2015/mar/03/are-atheists-all-angry Are all atheists simply angry, or just the ones to whom you're listening?] by Oliver Burkeman, ''The Guardian''</ref>}} | But the “angry atheist” cliché is also another reminder of just how far the celebrity New Atheists have shortchanged the rest of us who identify, more broadly, with the causes of secularism and rationalism. Because the New Atheists really do seem unusually angry.<ref>[http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/oliver-burkeman-column/2015/mar/03/are-atheists-all-angry Are all atheists simply angry, or just the ones to whom you're listening?] by Oliver Burkeman, ''The Guardian''</ref>}} |