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Why does she take on the New Atheists?  As Eberstadt said at her book launch, “their movement has repeatedly assailed religious people as self-righteous, ignorant of history, and humorless, all the while remaining self-righteous, ignorant of history, and humorless itself to a quite remarkable degree.”  As a result, “this movement aids and abets our cultural dumbing down.”  On another level, you might call The Loser Letters a defense of [[western civilization]] itself.<ref>[https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/03/intimidating-intelligence-dims-the-brights-1 Intimidating Intelligence Dims the Brights] by Gayle Trotter</ref>}}

Why does she take on the New Atheists?  As Eberstadt said at her book launch, “their movement has repeatedly assailed religious people as self-righteous, ignorant of history, and humorless, all the while remaining self-righteous, ignorant of history, and humorless itself to a quite remarkable degree.”  As a result, “this movement aids and abets our cultural dumbing down.”  On another level, you might call The Loser Letters a defense of [[western civilization]] itself.<ref>[https://www.firstthings.com/blogs/firstthoughts/2010/03/intimidating-intelligence-dims-the-brights-1 Intimidating Intelligence Dims the Brights] by Gayle Trotter</ref>}}

Michael Schulson's  ''Slate'' article entitled ''Jonathan Sacks on Richard Dawkins: “New atheists lack a sense of humor”'' indicates:

Michael Schulson's  ''Slate'' article entitled ''[[Jonathan Sacks]] on Richard Dawkins: “New atheists lack a sense of humor”'' indicates:

{{Cquote|You write that “atheism deserves better than the new atheists.” What kind of thinkers do atheists deserve? Is there a type of atheism that our society needs?

{{Cquote|You write that “atheism deserves better than the new atheists.” What kind of thinkers do atheists deserve? Is there a type of atheism that our society needs?