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YouTube atheist [[Thunderfoot]] said about the [[atheist movement]] after [[Reason Rally 2016]] had a very low turnout:
YouTube atheist [[Thunderfoot]] said about the [[atheist movement]] after [[Reason Rally 2016]] had a very low turnout:
{{Cquote|I'm not sure there is anything in this movement worth saving. Hitchens is dead. [[Richard Dawkins|Dawkins]] simply doesn't have the energy for this sort of thing anymore. [[Sam Harris|Harris]] went his own way. And [[Daniel Dennett|Dennett]] just kind of blended into the background. So what do you think when the largest gathering of the nonreligious in history pulls in... I don't know. Maybe 2,000 people. Is there anything worth saving?<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2016/06/even-atheists-bash-reason-rally/ Even atheists bash 'Reason Rally']</ref>}}
{{Cquote|I'm not sure there is anything in this movement worth saving. Hitchens is dead. [[Richard Dawkins|Dawkins]] simply doesn't have the energy for this sort of thing anymore. [[Sam Harris|Harris]] went his own way. And [[Daniel Dennett|Dennett]] just kind of blended into the background. So what do you think when the largest gathering of the nonreligious in history pulls in... I don't know. Maybe 2,000 people. Is there anything worth saving?<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2016/06/even-atheists-bash-reason-rally/ Even atheists bash 'Reason Rally']</ref>}}
=== Reason Rally 2016 and lack of diversity in terms of attendants ===
The atheist Thunderf00t estimates that there was a 2 to 1 ration as far as men to women attending Reason Rally 2016.<ref>[http://www.wnd.com/2016/06/even-atheists-bash-reason-rally/ Even atheists bash 'Reason Rally'], See the video on the web page</ref>
=== Reason Rally 2016 speakers and lack of satisfactory diversity ===
=== Reason Rally 2016 speakers and lack of satisfactory diversity ===