Mythcon 2017 Conference
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] Thomas stormed off the stage before the audience question and answer period began.[6] On the whole, Smith did poorly in the exchange.[7]
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
- ↑ Thomas Smith vs Sargon of Akkad Debate #Mythcon