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→PZ Myers' arrogance at his blog
This law supercedes all other rules.<ref>[https://www.michaelnugent.com/2014/12/16/hurtful-harmful-smears-pz-myers-happy-atheist/ The hurtful and harmful smears of PZ Myers, “The Happy Atheist”] by Michael Nugent</ref><ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/08/06/the-new-rules/ The New Rules] by PZ Myers</ref>}}
This law supercedes all other rules.<ref>[https://www.michaelnugent.com/2014/12/16/hurtful-harmful-smears-pz-myers-happy-atheist/ The hurtful and harmful smears of PZ Myers, “The Happy Atheist”] by Michael Nugent</ref><ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2012/08/06/the-new-rules/ The New Rules] by PZ Myers</ref>}}
=== PZ Myers turns off the social aspect of his blog ===
''See also:'' [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]] and [[Atheism and narcissism]]
The atheist [[Michael Nugent]] reported in 2015:
{{cquote|PZ Myers has now closed down the social interaction aspect of his blog, after blaming his commenters for attacking an insider in the way that he has always encouraged them to attack outsiders. He also complains that FreeThought Blogs itself is ‘less a unified group than a disparate collection of loosely affiliated blogs that have found a convenient hosting service.’
PZ’s new view on community-building is that ‘we are all objects in space, drifting, occasionally bouncing off each other or tugging gently at each other’s masses. And that’s about it.’ PZ now says that he ‘will be a cold dark ember of a star, following my own whims, drifting alone, not trying to create a hospitable atmosphere.’
This shows that PZ Myers has learned nothing useful from the Little Shop of Hatred that he created and nourished until he lost control of it. Yesterday I wrote that, while I welcomed PZ’s diminishing influence in the international [[atheist movement]], I would also welcome a genuine conversion by him to civility and empathy and fairness and justice. This has not happened. So be it.<ref>[http://www.michaelnugent.com/2015/07/28/pz-myers-little-shop-of-hatred/ PZ Myers and the Little Shop of Hatred] by Michael Nugent, 2015</ref>}}
== Easily angered atheists, trolls and atheist trolls ==
== Easily angered atheists, trolls and atheist trolls ==