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Mr. Blair wrote: "I have spent the last week mulling over what I want to do at this point in the movement. I’m tired of the in-fighting: at every level. I am especially tired of allowing myself to get sucked into it and engaging in the very behavior that is irritating..me."<ref name="An Open Letter from Blair Scott">Former 2012 web page at Atheist.org website entitled "An Open Letter from Blair Scott"</ref>
 
Mr. Blair wrote: "I have spent the last week mulling over what I want to do at this point in the movement. I’m tired of the in-fighting: at every level. I am especially tired of allowing myself to get sucked into it and engaging in the very behavior that is irritating..me."<ref name="An Open Letter from Blair Scott">Former 2012 web page at Atheist.org website entitled "An Open Letter from Blair Scott"</ref>
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[[File:David Silverman Reason Rally.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[David Silverman]], ex-president of the [[American Atheists]] organization.]]
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At the 2018 [[American Atheists]] convention, the ex-president of the American Atheist organization [[David Silverman]] declared:
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{{Cquote|It is a hard time to be [[Atheist activist|an atheist activist]]. This has affected us. And it has affected our community...
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...it has really affected us. We are suffering a level of [[defeatism]] that I have never seen before...
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And people are reacting to each other now. And so that is causing a division. Lots and lots of division in our movement. Hard, bad division... And that has resulted in a splintering and factioning of the movement that I have never seen before and none of us have.
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In other words, we're in a bad situation and it's getting worse.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8VYLMYvImc David Silverman - How the Mighty Get Back Up]</ref>}}
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Numerous atheists have declared that the "[[atheist movement]] is dead/dying" (see: [[Decline of the atheist movement]])<ref>
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*[https://freethoughtblogs.com/reasoner/2017/10/21/the-atheism-movement-dead-or-alive/ The “Atheism Movement:” Dead or Alive?], [[Freethought Blogs]]
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*[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2017/11/seth-andrews-keeps-hearing-reports-of.html Atheist activist Seth Andrews keeps seeing reports on social media and the media that the atheist movement is dying], ''Examining Atheism''
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*[http://examiningatheism.blogspot.com/2017/10/now-that-that-poseur-atheist-aron-ra.html Atheist Aron Ra indicates the atheist movement is dead. Now that that Aron Ra has surrendered....], ''[[Examining Atheism]]''
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*[http://www.atheistrev.com/2013/12/the-day-atheist-movement-died.html The Day the Atheist Movement Died] by Jack Vance at Atheist Revolution
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*[https://twitter.com/jennifurret/status/405391218273554433 Jennifer McCreight on Twitter about the Elevatorgate scandal destroying the atheist movement], [[Jen McCreight]], Twitter</ref>
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The atheist James Croft wrote about [[American atheism]]:
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{{Cquote|...something has happened to organized [[secularism]], such that its priorities and population have rapidly changed. Today, there is a deepening rift between two wings of the movement, and the changes in Skepticon demonstrate this perfectly. The new rift in the secular community, it seems to me, parallels one deepening in the culture at large: it is between those who are on board with contemporary [[social justice]] culture, and those who are not.
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In the community of skeptics, this rift is filled with lava: there is an incredibly intense animosity between those on different sides, and the divide seems impossible to cross.<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2019/08/17/skepticon-the-rifts-are-full-of-lava/ Skepticon: the rifts are full of lava!] by PZ Myers</ref>}}
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[[File:Richard Dawkins - March 2005.jpg|alt=Richard Dawkins|thumbnail|200px|right|The [[New Atheism|new atheist]] [[Richard Dawkins]] was at the center of the [[Elevatorgate]] controversy.
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*[http://communities.washingtontimes.com/neighborhood/not-your-average-read/2011/jul/16/sexism-atheism-Dawkins-Watson-feminists-Skepchick/ Of sexism and atheism: Richard Dawkins gets in trouble with feminists, Washington Times, July 16, 2011]
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*[https://www.salon.com/life/feature/2011/07/08/atheist_flirting Richard Dawkins: Skeptic of women? - Salon, July 8, 2011]
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*[http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/david-allen-green/2011/07/richard-dawkins-chewing-gum Sharing a lift with Richard Dawkins by David Allen Green - New Stateman - 06 July 2011]
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*[http://gawker.com/5818993/richard-dawkins-torn-limb-from-limbby-atheists Richard Dawkins Torn Limb From Limb—By Atheists - Gawker]
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*[https://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/story/2011-09-15/atheist-sexism-women/50416454/1 Atheists address sexism issues - USA Today]</ref> ]]
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Jacques Rousseau wrote in the ''Daily Maverick'': "[[Elevatorgate]]..has resulted in three weeks of infighting in the [[Atheist Population|secular community]]. Some might observe that we indulge in these squabbles fairly frequently."<ref>[http://dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2011-07-13-sticks-and-stones-may-break-my-bones-but-words-can-rip-my-soul Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can rip my soul]</ref>
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An [[ex-atheists|ex-atheist]] wrote: "As an [[Atheist]] for 40 years, I noticed that there is not just a wide variety of [[Atheism|Atheist]] positions, but there exists an actual battle between certain Atheist factions."<ref>[http://www.truefreethinker.com/articles/atheist-new-world-order-rational-response-squad-making-attempt An atheist new world order? Is the Rational Response Squad making an attempt?]</ref>  See also: [[Schools of atheist thought]]
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According to an international study done by William Bainbridge, atheism is frequent among people whose interpersonal social obligations are weak and is also linked to lower fertility rates in advanced industrial nations (See also: [[Atheism and fertility rates]]).<ref> Bainbridge, William (2005). "[http://www.religjournal.com/pdf/ijrr01002.pdf Atheism]" (PDF). Interdisciplinary Journal of Research on Religion. 1 (Article 2): 1–26.</ref> See: [[Atheism and social/interpersonal intelligence|Atheism and social skills]]
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In terms of politics and atheist infighting, there is friction between [[secular right|right-wing atheists]] (and right of center atheists) and [[secular left]]ist. See: [[Atheism and politics]] and [[Western atheism, schisms and political polarization]]
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In 2017, atheist [[David Smalley]] has indicated that [[leftism|leftist]]/[[progressivism|progressive]] atheists were "killing the atheist movement" through being contentious and divisive.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dogmadebate/2017/06/reasonably-controversial-regressive-left-killing-atheist-movement/ Reasonably Controversial: How the Regressive Left Is Killing the Atheist Movement] by David Smalley</ref> Smalley indicated that the atheist movement was disintegrating.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/dogmadebate/2017/06/reasonably-controversial-regressive-left-killing-atheist-movement/ Reasonably Controversial: How the Regressive Left Is Killing the Atheist Movement] by David Smalley</ref>
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The website Atheism and the City [[Cancellation of the 2018 atheist conference in New York City|wrote about the 2018 cancellation]] of the first major [[Atheist conferences|atheist conference]] to be held in [[New York City]]:
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{{Cquote|But none of this is going to happen now because the event has just been canceled. The reasons why are complicated, but it started out difficult enough. The atheist community has splintered into a million shards in recent years. There are the [[Atheist feminism|atheist feminists]] and the atheist anti-feminists, the [[SJW atheists|social justice warrior atheists]] and the anti-social justice warrior atheists. The pro-[[Political correctness|PC]] atheists and the anti-PC atheists. There are pro-[[Trump]] atheists and anti pro-Trump atheists. Atheists are split over [[GamerGate|gamergate]], elevatorgate, whether we should organize, or whether we should even call ourselves atheists at all. The divisions go on and on.<ref>[http://www.atheismandthecity.com/2018/01/the-atheist-conference-is-dead.html The Atheist Conference is Dead]</ref>}}
    
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