# What was the New Atheism?

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**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 11:15am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/what-was-the-new-atheism/4032 "2019-01-23T11:15:27Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/what-was-the-new-atheism/4032/14 "2019-01-25T19:03:57Z")

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> And me. I was never on a par with those big names, but I was a madly typing proponent of the New Atheism. Now, though…that period is the deepest regret of my life (not that that means much, I’ve been lucky to live a life with few regrets). I’m still a strong atheist, and will be on my deathbed, and I do not regret promoting godlessness and a reason-based life, but I was unfortunate to be part of that traveling shit-show before I realized it’s destination was where it is now: a shambles of alt-right memes and dishonest hucksters mangling science to promote racism, sexism, and bloody regressive politics.

Wow.

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