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Feminist/[[progressivism|progressive]] atheists unsuccessfully attempted to get the conference organizers to cancel his appearance.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2017/10/mythicist-milwaukee-debacle/ The Mythicist Milwaukee Debacle]. Daylight Atheism</ref>
 
Feminist/[[progressivism|progressive]] atheists unsuccessfully attempted to get the conference organizers to cancel his appearance.<ref>[http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2017/10/mythicist-milwaukee-debacle/ The Mythicist Milwaukee Debacle]. Daylight Atheism</ref>
  
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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|cold war]] of [[Progressivism|progressive]] versus reactionary flavors came into being, it would be the day when Mythcon was held."<ref>[https://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/the-post-mythcon-crossroads-of-atheism The Post-Mythcon Crossroads of Atheism] by Dylan Greene</ref> At Mythcon 2017, Carl Benjamin and other anti-progressive YouTube atheists spoke which upset many progressive atheists.<ref>[https://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/the-post-mythcon-crossroads-of-atheism The Post-Mythcon Crossroads of Atheism] by Dylan Greene</ref><ref>[https://areomagazine.com/2017/10/03/chaos-during-social-justice-and-feminism-debate-at-milwaukee-atheism-conference/ Chaos during Social Justice and Feminism Debate at Milwaukee Atheism Conference]</ref>  
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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|cold war]] of [[Progressivism|progressive]] versus reactionary flavors came into being, it would be the day when Mythcon was held."<ref>[https://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/the-post-mythcon-crossroads-of-atheism The Post-Mythcon Crossroads of Atheism] by Dylan Greene</ref> At Mythcon 2017, Carl Benjamin and other anti-progressive YouTube atheists spoke which upset many progressive atheists.<ref>[https://www.splicetoday.com/pop-culture/the-post-mythcon-crossroads-of-atheism The Post-Mythcon Crossroads of Atheism] by Dylan Greene</ref><ref>[https://areomagazine.com/2017/10/03/chaos-during-social-justice-and-feminism-debate-at-milwaukee-atheism-conference/ Chaos during Social Justice and Feminism Debate at Milwaukee Atheism Conference]</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>
 
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>

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Carl Benjamin (born 1 September 1979), known by his pseudonym Sargon of Akkad, is an English YouTube commentator with a subscriber base of over 720,000 individuals.[1]

Political views

He is an anti-feminist who holds anti-Social justice warrior (anti-SJW) views. Politically, he self-identifies as a classical liberal with center-left views.[2]

Religious views

He is also an atheist.[3]

Carl Benajmin's remarks about Labour Party politician Jess Phillips receiving rape threats

See also: Atheism and rape

In May 2016, in response to Labour Party politician Jess Phillips' public statement that she commonly receives rape threats, Benjamin said "I wouldn't even rape you” in a YouTube video and which he promoted at his Twitter account.[4] He is unapologetic about his remark to Jess Phillips.[5]

Benjamin contends that that he is unapologetic because Phillips was using her rape threats to pass laws against online bullying that would be designed to be intentionally overly broad to censor views that the government does not like.[6] See also: Atheism and rape

Guest speaker appearance at the Mythcon 2017 atheist conference

See also: Atheist factions and Atheist movement and Decline of the atheist movement

Benjamin was a guest speaker at a September 30, 2017 annual atheist conference held by Mythicist Milwaukee.[7][8]

Feminist/progressive atheists unsuccessfully attempted to get the conference organizers to cancel his appearance.[9]

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."[10] At Mythcon 2017, Carl Benjamin and other anti-progressive YouTube atheists spoke which upset many progressive atheists.[11][12]

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[13]

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").[14] Thomas stormed off the stage before the audience question and answer period began.[15] On the whole, Smith did poorly in the exchange.[16]

See also: Western atheism, schisms and political polarization

See also

External links

Notes

  1. ↑ About Sargon of Akkad YouTube channel
  2. ↑ Rozsa, Matthew (9 April 2016). "Sargon of Akkad and the Importance of Free Speech". The Good Men Project.
  3. ↑ Benjamin, Carl (14 May 2017). "What is Your Religion?". YouTube
  4. ↑ [Bish, Joe (20 November 2016). "Examining the Right Wing British Blowhards Using YouTube to 'Prove Everybody Wrong'". Vice News. 2017
  5. ↑ Daubney, Martin (5 June 2016). "I set out to troll her — why all this fuss about 600 rape tweets?". The Sunday Times, 2017
  6. ↑ Thomas Smith vs Sargon of Akkad Debate #Mythcon
  7. ↑ The Mythicist Milwaukee Debacle. Daylight Atheism
  8. ↑ Conference to Give Anti-SJWs Strategic Platform in Atheist Community
  9. ↑ The Mythicist Milwaukee Debacle. Daylight Atheism
  10. ↑ The Post-Mythcon Crossroads of Atheism by Dylan Greene
  11. ↑ The Post-Mythcon Crossroads of Atheism by Dylan Greene
  12. ↑ Chaos during Social Justice and Feminism Debate at Milwaukee Atheism Conference
  13. ↑ [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
  14. ↑ Thomas Smith vs Sargon of Akkad Debate #Mythcon
  15. ↑ Thomas Smith vs Sargon of Akkad Debate #Mythcon
  16. ↑ Thomas Smith vs Sargon of Akkad Debate #Mythcon
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