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At ''Splice Today'', Dylan Green wrote about the [[Mythcon 2017 Conference]] and the [[atheist movement]]: "If there’s a point in time where atheism’s [[Cold War|cold war]] of [[Progressivism|progressive]] versus reactionary flavors came into being, it would be the day when Mythcon was held."<ref>[https://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/the-post-mythcon-crossroads-of-atheism The Post-Mythcon Crossroads of Atheism] by Dylan Greene</ref> At Mythcon 2017, [[Carl Benjamin]] and other anti-progressive YouTube atheists spoke which upset many progressive atheists.<ref>[https://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/the-post-mythcon-crossroads-of-atheism The Post-Mythcon Crossroads of Atheism] by Dylan Greene</ref><ref>[https://areomagazine.com/2017/10/03/chaos-during-social-justice-and-feminism-debate-at-milwaukee-atheism-conference/ Chaos during Social Justice and Feminism Debate at Milwaukee Atheism Conference]</ref> See also: [[Western atheism, schisms and political polarization]] and [[SJW atheists|Social justice atheism]]

Shortly after this [[Atheist conferences|atheist conference]], the progressive atheist [[PZ Myers]] wrote a blog post entitled ''Time to nuke the fault line and split the rift deeper''<ref>[https://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2017/10/05/time-to-nuke-the-fault-line-and-split-the-rift-deeper/ ''Time to nuke the fault line and split the rift deeper'', PZ Myers</ref>

The [[Shadow To Light blog]] declares about the Mythcon 2017 Conference:
{{Cquote|The atheist activists are at each other’s throats again.  Shockingly, it involves another one of their conferences – the Mythicist Milwaukee conference.  If you have never heard of this conference before, it’s safe to say you are not alone.  It sounds like another one of those atheist meet-ups  that’s about one step above a Furry convention, yet two steps below a Trekkie convention.

Anyway, the Mythicist Milwaukee invited [[Sargon of Akkad]], Armoured Skeptic, and ShoeOnHead to speak and I guess these atheists have a reputation of being anti-SJW.  Well, as we all know, social justice atheists tend to freak out and get hysterical when people who are not “woke” are actually allowed to speak.  So [[PZ Myers]], the Happy Atheist, began to launch attacks on the Mythicist Milwaukee conference, accusing them of hypocrisy and sexism.

Well, one thing led to another, and next thing y’know,  activist Steve Shives  renounced all friendship with activist [[Seth Andrews]] (the Thnking Atheist) because Andrews refused not to attend.  [[Hemant Mehta]], The Friendly Atheist, is MIA.<ref>[https://shadowtolight.wordpress.com/2017/09/20/the-atheist-movement-becomes-the-atheist-circus/ The Atheist Movement Becomes The Atheist Circus]</ref>}}

During their interview/exchange at Mythcon 2017 the progressive, atheist interviewer Thomas Smith became very agitated and very angry at Carl Benjamin and he castigated/berated the audience who occasionally cheered for Benjamin (He referred to Benjamin's supporters as "deplorables").<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTFL0wKmsC0 Thomas Smith vs Sargon of Akkad Debate #Mythcon]</ref> 

On the whole, Thomas Smith performed very poorly in the exchange and near the end of the exchange he angrily left the stage.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTFL0wKmsC0 Thomas Smith vs Sargon of Akkad Debate #Mythcon]</ref>