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In reply to the discussion: Progressive Christian Writer: The "White American Church" Is Destroying America [View all]guillaumeb
(42,649 posts)10. Interesting that you would say this:
Richard Spencer, the white supremacist and movement figurehead who coined the term " alt-right," discussed his atheism last year in an interview with atheist blogger David McAfee. When he posted the interview on his own website, Spencer retitled it The Alt Right and Secular Humanism, leaving no doubt that he sees atheism and humanism as linked to his cause. Yet I dont know of any prominent atheist, humanist, or secular organizations that took the opportunity to condemn Spencer.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3k7jx8/too-many-atheists-are-veering-dangerously-toward-the-alt-right
Edited to add:
In response to the demonstrations of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia, American Atheists president David Silverman and International Humanist and Ethical Union president Andrew Copson released the following joint statement:
https://www.atheists.org/2017/08/charlottesville/
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Progressive Christian Writer: The "White American Church" Is Destroying America [View all]
NeoGreen
Feb 2019
OP
The people with the power and influence to ruin America are the ones ruining America?
Act_of_Reparation
Feb 2019
#2
And instead of honestly engaging in the discussion you again just try to reframe
Lordquinton
Feb 2019
#67
More insult and condescension. As expected. Why do you feel this need to insult others?
guillaumeb
Feb 2019
#44
I really believe that parts of the country would be a Theocracy if possible.
walkingman
Feb 2019
#28
The whole country would be a theocracy in short order if they could arrange it
rurallib
Feb 2019
#55