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Shortly after the 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> | Shortly after the 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> | ||
| − | 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") | + | 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, Smith did poorly in the exchange.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTFL0wKmsC0 Thomas Smith vs Sargon of Akkad Debate #Mythcon]</ref> |
== Thomas Smith and Carl Benjamin interview/exchange == | == Thomas Smith and Carl Benjamin interview/exchange == | ||
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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 of progressive versus reactionary flavors came into being, it would be the day when Mythcon was held."[1] At Mythcon 2017, Carl Benjamin and other anti-progressive YouTube atheists spoke which upset many progressive atheists.[2][3] See also: Western atheism, schisms and political polarization
Shortly after the conference, the progressive atheist PZ Myers wrote a blog post entitled Time to nuke the fault line and split the rift deeper[4]
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").[5] On the whole, Smith did poorly in the exchange.[6]
Thomas Smith and Carl Benjamin interview/exchange
See also
External links
- Atheists attack atheists in Milwaukee, Chicago Now
Notes
- ↑ The Post-Mythcon Crossroads of Atheism by Dylan Greene
- ↑ The Post-Mythcon Crossroads of Atheism by Dylan Greene
- ↑ Chaos during Social Justice and Feminism Debate at Milwaukee Atheism Conference
- ↑ [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
- ↑ Thomas Smith vs Sargon of Akkad Debate #Mythcon
- ↑ Thomas Smith vs Sargon of Akkad Debate #Mythcon