atheists dawkins, hitchens, harris face islamophobia backlash

[sakuraberries]

They are often described as “The Unholy Trinity” - a trio of ferociously bright and pugilistic academics who use science to decimate what they believe to be the world’s greatest folly: religion

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[lainiest]

I started reading a Dawkins book once, got a few pages into it and was basically like wow, this is the best we can do as an ~atheism representative~? He's such a condescending prick.

[keeni84]

He's such a condescending prick.

That's his appeal for a lot of people. Including a (younger) me.

[kittenmommy]

He's such a condescending prick.

I loathe him, and it makes me sad that Lalla Ward married this asshole.

[skellington1]

Hitchens was always a total islamophobe warhawk -- in fact, my introduction to Hitchens was 'that guy who writes war stuff for Slate that I can't stand," not as an atheist.