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I stopped bothering because I didn’t want to be associated with these goons, and it didn’t matter what I said…any video would be swarmed with abuse. Every once in a while I tell myself I shouldn’t surrender the medium so easily and that I should at least make a little effort now and then, but meh…I’d have to come up with a vainglorious name, figure out how to animate a goofy avatar, and learn how to overlook a lot of gross logical fallacies.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/07/27/youtube-where-atheism-goes-to-rot/ YouTube, where atheism goes to rot]</ref>}} | I stopped bothering because I didn’t want to be associated with these goons, and it didn’t matter what I said…any video would be swarmed with abuse. Every once in a while I tell myself I shouldn’t surrender the medium so easily and that I should at least make a little effort now and then, but meh…I’d have to come up with a vainglorious name, figure out how to animate a goofy avatar, and learn how to overlook a lot of gross logical fallacies.<ref>[http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2016/07/27/youtube-where-atheism-goes-to-rot/ YouTube, where atheism goes to rot]</ref>}} | ||
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In December of 2015, a video entitled What Killed YouTube Atheism? was released giving a number of reasons YouTube atheism saw a big decline (see: What Killed YouTube atheism?).
Christian YouTube responses to the peak period of YouTube atheism
During the peak period of YouTube atheism some of the Christian YouTube channels which offered a response were: Shockofgod, PNN News and Ministry Network, drcraigvideos, TheAtheistAntidote, the Militant atheism YouTube channel, ReasonableFaithOrg and the Ravi Zacharias YouTube channel.
In addition, there were a few Christian YouTube channels which succumbed to atheist cyberbullying and closed down their channels.
Secular leftist YouTube atheist vs. anti-social justice warrior YouTube atheists
See also: Atheist factions and Atheist movement
The secular leftist, atheist Martin Hughes indicates about YouTube atheism:
| “ | So many atheists are hypocrites. The same atheists who will shame Christians into oblivion for racism, classism, blind cult-like followings, misogyny, and the like, will defend their own “right” to engage in all of the above ferociously. I had no idea about this, before. Here in the writing/blogging world and in much of the convention world, most atheists are compassionate and vocal on these issues, and nearly always on the side of defending marginalized populations.
But these people seem, largely, to have a smaller online presence than the YouTube atheist community, which is often unapologetically and proudly callous when it comes to attitudes towards marginalized populations. ,,,we writers have, for the most part, tried to ignore them over the years (with a few notable exceptions). And as a result, this YouTube community seems to have been the unencumbered face of atheism... Those who go on YouTube and look into atheism are going to see that the highest-rated videos are those that are, too often, the ones most spiteful of marginalized groups and those who fight for them... This is the face we’re putting forward on YouTube as a community. It’s also fairly bad if you type in something like “black people atheism” (as I’ve covered in previous posts). We’ve more than earned our “Atheism and Racism” section in Wikipedia.[1] |
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The anti-social justice warrior atheists who are critical of feminism and/or Islam are Thunderf00t, TheAmazingAtheist, Jaclyn Glenn and Pat Condell[2][3]
Secular leftist PZ Myers on YouTube atheism
The secular leftist PZ Myers wrote about YouTube atheism:
| “ | I haven’t been on YouTube for quite a while...
I stopped bothering because I didn’t want to be associated with these goons, and it didn’t matter what I said…any video would be swarmed with abuse. Every once in a while I tell myself I shouldn’t surrender the medium so easily and that I should at least make a little effort now and then, but meh…I’d have to come up with a vainglorious name, figure out how to animate a goofy avatar, and learn how to overlook a lot of gross logical fallacies.[4] |
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Example of a secular leftist video and an atheist rebuttal video
Secular leftist atheist:
Response video: