AlHouthi4President@lemmy.ml to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoFree Palestine & Long live the Islamic Republic of Iranhexbear.netimagemessage-square119linkfedilinkarrow-up1172arrow-down17
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minus-squareKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·edit-25 months agoTrying to connect someone to Richard Dawkins because they espoused a preference against theocracy is embarrassing.
minus-squareTrying2KnowMyself [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·5 months agoDawkins is certainly a prominent new atheist but the parallel I see is not with him specifically but the belief that atheism must be evangelized.
minus-squarejohn_brown [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoWhen they espouse that preference in a way completely indistinguishable from reddit atheism it’s hard not to make that connection
Trying to connect someone to Richard Dawkins because they espoused a preference against theocracy is embarrassing.
Dawkins is certainly a prominent new atheist but the parallel I see is not with him specifically but the belief that atheism must be evangelized.
When they espouse that preference in a way completely indistinguishable from reddit atheism it’s hard not to make that connection