• Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    am Harris, the rationalist and New Atheist, recently went on a rant against New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani that offers one of the most vile, putrid displays of Islamophobic bigotry that I can recall ever seeing in my life.

    Really now?

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      2 months ago

      I looked up “New Atheist” and it just sounds like regular atheism with a new name.

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      2 months ago

      You don’t understand! He’s a Bad Guy didn’t you read the headline? This means there are no rules.

      Hyperbolic statements are bad but if I use them against people that I think are Bad then they’re fine. No, I dont know what Irony is, but it’s probably also Bad.

      Sam Harris also has 3 arms (one is used for bigotry), if you question this factual assertion then you’re defending bigotry and probably also a Bad Person yourself.

      This completes your initial online argument orientation.

      If you don’t see things like this then you’re probably wrong. Please stand by and an angry teenager (mentally or otherwise) will be along shortly to divine and diagnose your personal shortcomings.

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        2 months ago

        I don’t know what your argument is but Sam Harris demonstrates repeatedly that he is extremely islamophobic and a Zionist, regardless of if he’s also more correct about other unrelated things

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          2 months ago

          It’s not a very long conversation to read or comprehend but I don’t understand it so let me tell you my opinions.

          The topic is the author of the article, their use of hyperbole and the irony of that in the context of attacking hyperbolic statements by another.

          This irony exists even if the target of the author was the most vile person imaginable.