( I am not a native speaker of english, so prepare for broken grammar)
These last few days I nostalgically looked at the old photos and videos of many famous atheists and internet atheist. I've traveled back to 2006. . So much has changed.
I've watched Pat Condel videos when he still considered himself a liberal. I remembered how his videos were much more mild and enjoyable….then liberals who are overly defensive of muslims turned him into what he is today. I didn't really understand it back then and considered him overly aggressive and angry. I did not understand it until 2015, when I was called a sexist, racist, transphobic or whatever for more times than I can count just because I disagree with certain liberal atheists. Now I sympathize with him.
I have watched Rebecca Watson videos. It seems that she always was a hypocrite with little empathy, but whatever, I don't think I would care if I had known about her before the whole "Elevatorgate" fiasco. Most atheists didn't even heard about her (nor do they cared) before "Elevatorgate". This is one of the first event that divided atheist community. Some atheists permanently labeled Richard Dawkins as "sexist" for making a joke about first world problems….I think that's where it all started.
The Amazing Atheist was always one of the most conversational figures among internet atheists for as long as I can remember , that didn't change.
In the last 3-4 years, there has a been a huge divide in atheist communities and many controversies are responsible for that. Issues that do not even involve atheists or religion at all (like "Shirtgate") divided atheist communities. Feminist atheists are offended by a shirt, made a sensitive genius cry and it caused another divide in atheist community. I've pretty much lost my respect for anyone who attacked him back then, unsubscribed from some Youtube and lost my faith in humanity.
Remember when Thunderfoot (I've never liked his videos btw) videos were about religion and not feminism? When feminists didn't piss him off and when he didn't make videos about feminism all the time?
Remember when atheists weren't shunned for not caring about feminism or shunned for being a feminists?
Discussions about vegetarianism usually cause a shitstorm in atheist groups, but that is in no way comparable to shitstorms related to feminism.
Remember when atheist conventions and feminists conventions didn't try to combine these two things together, thus alienating non-feminists and non-atheists?
Remember global atheist convention? Dawkins, Thunderfoot, Cristina Rad, Rebeca Watson and many others….all together, not fighting….SUPPORTING SCIENCE AND REASON and ridiculing religious fanatics…. I will post a relevant photo of this. Somewhat relevant. It may be misleading but that's how I remember atheist groups. There were always conflicts among atheists, nobody disputed that, but alienation of anyone who doesn't subscribe to western liberal way of thinking seems like a recent thing to me.
Darkmatter and many, many others can't stay silent forever and they aren't. Darkmatter2525 did not make a video about feminism yet but he often criticizes western feminists in his comments on some GG-related videos. I don't know about you (people who will care to read this), but this man is my favorite atheist Youtuber.
At least…this is the experience I had.
But….maybe it was always this way and I am just wasting internet space?
What do you guys think?
Do I make =any fucking sense= or do I just rant like a retarded five year old? Actually, I am not sure what my point is or do I have a point….but….what is with internet atheists lately? Why can't we share hugs? I want to convince Cristina Rad, Thunderfoot, Watson, Dawkins, everyone-that warm hugs are the best thing for them! They should all hug or have an orgy together because that would be hilarious and would benefit the secular cause in the west. Also, rule 34 and free porn.
Forget about that, I am serious. Am I posting incoherent rant like an old, grumpy "I remember where things were different" grandpa or did you experience it too? Do you think that atheist community has become divided in the last few years?
(here is where I got the image https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=3657107030451&set=a.3657102830346.166869.1357876995&type=1&permPage=1)