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fundamentalism does not have to come in religious form

submitted by enoch

9 years 5 months ago

Bonus scene from Episode 004 of The Empire Files: Journalist and author Chris Hedges comments on the demagogy of the so-called "New Atheist" movement, represented by personalities such as Sam Harris and Richard Dawkins, and points out their ironic similarities with religious fundamentalists.

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Meh. False balance. For a long time, people have been trying to make this case and point out how clever they are for seeing it... I never see it. Hitch, Harris and Dawkins can be wrong and headstrong dicks about it, certainly... but they're not fundamentalists.

A lot of mud slung in this clip, but nothing at all to back it up. It is not fundamentalism to hold a position that disagrees with you. Ask any of the three people criticized in the interview and they could explain their reasoning without resorting to dogmatic principles (might be hard for Hitchens...), racial superiority or any of the charges.

What is fundamental is the unshakable notion that all bad is equally bad so we shouldn't talk about the bad they do because some of us do bad. It combines fundamentalism with non-sequitur.

Moving this video to enoch's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

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