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We discussed how the email that you received came off as somewhat defensive in its attempts to make our speaker lineup appear diverse when it is, at the moment, a bit monochromatic. As an organization, we are upfront about the fact that, at the moment, the speaker lineup on our site is not as diverse as we want it to be. My team agreed that the key piece of information missing in the message sent to you was that we have a lot of outstanding invitations that, when accepted, will make the list of speakers much more diverse.<ref>[http://the-orbit.net/ashleyfmiller/2016/01/22/reason-rally-2016-interview-with-lyz-liddell/ Reason Rally 2016 Interview with Lyz Liddell]</ref>}}
We discussed how the email that you received came off as somewhat defensive in its attempts to make our speaker lineup appear diverse when it is, at the moment, a bit monochromatic. As an organization, we are upfront about the fact that, at the moment, the speaker lineup on our site is not as diverse as we want it to be. My team agreed that the key piece of information missing in the message sent to you was that we have a lot of outstanding invitations that, when accepted, will make the list of speakers much more diverse.<ref>[http://the-orbit.net/ashleyfmiller/2016/01/22/reason-rally-2016-interview-with-lyz-liddell/ Reason Rally 2016 Interview with Lyz Liddell]</ref>}}
=== Reason Rally 2016 fundraising effort criticized by YouTube atheist Thunderf00t ===
The YouTube atheist [[Thunderf00t]] points out that the Christian evangelist [[Ray Comfort]] was able to raise $25,000 to feed 5,000 atheists at Reason Rally 2016 via free Subway cards which he planned on giving out during a counter-protest (Ultimately, he was not granted a counter-protest permit).<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BEZC7auWrk How Feminism CASTRATED New Atheism!], see comments below video also</ref>
On the other hand, Thunnderf00t points out that about a week before Reason Rally 2016, a link appeared on their website saying that they needed $100 000 to make the event happen. Two days before the event they had raised less than $20,000.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BEZC7auWrk How Feminism CASTRATED New Atheism!], see comments below video also</ref>
Thunderf00t indicated that "feeding the 5,000" (biblical reference of Jesus feeding 5,000 people supernaturally) atheists was clever marketing while the Reason Rally 2016 had an uninspiring lead item as far as the agenda of the rally. The lead item was [[LGBT]] equality.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BEZC7auWrk How Feminism CASTRATED New Atheism!], see comments below video also</ref> See also: [[Atheism and inspiration]]
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