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''See also:'' [[Atheist factions]]
''See also:'' [[Atheist factions]]
=== Blair Scott about atheist infighting with the atheist movement ===
==== Blair Scott about atheist infighting with the atheist movement ====
[[File:David Silverman Reason Rally.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[David Silverman]] is the president of the [[American Atheists]] organization.]]
[[File:David Silverman Reason Rally.jpg|thumbnail|right|200px|[[David Silverman]] is the president of the [[American Atheists]] organization.]]
''See also:'' [[Atheist movement]] and [[Atheism and anger]] and and [[Atheism and bitterness]]
''See also:'' [[Atheist movement]] and [[Atheism and anger]] and and [[Atheism and bitterness]]
Mr. Blair wrote:
Mr. Blair wrote:
{{cquote|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>[http://news.atheists.org/2012/12/01/an-open-letter-from-blair-scott/ An Open Letter from Blair Scott]</ref>}}
{{cquote|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>[http://news.atheists.org/2012/12/01/an-open-letter-from-blair-scott/ An Open Letter from Blair Scott]</ref>}}
==== Atheist Neil Carter on the biting and critical nature of atheists ====
The atheist Neil Carter wrote:
{{Cquote|Friends of mine have noted lately how biting and critical the atheist community can be, not only toward outsiders, but even toward its own members. Has there ever been a subculture more prone to eating its own than this one? I really don’t know.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/godlessindixie/2016/06/12/its-past-time-for-atheism-to-grow-up/ It’s Past Time for Atheism to Grow Up] by Neil Carter</ref>}}
== Decline of secular leftist politics ==
== Decline of secular leftist politics ==