TONIGHT. WE’RE DRINKING FROM THE POND.

my dad always says "it's not trespassing if you're not planning to do anything bad" which as a legal argument wouldn't get far but as a moral prerogative is completely sound

What left wing criticisms of “New Atheism” should be:

*Thinking of religion purely in intellectual terms and viewing the matter of class as a product of that rather than the other way around.

*Not talking enough about the role of religion in imperialism and colonialism not simply as justification but in terms of how organized religion was an inherent part of colonial states both in theocratic hegemonic forms (Iberian colonialism) as well as recruiting native religious elites to serve as agents of the colonial state (Dutch East Indies)

*Eurocentric understanding of the history of atheism and criticism of religion that views opposition to (organized) religion as a modern product of the European Enlightenment and not something with an intellectual history going back far deeper and longer in places such as India and the Near East

*etc

What is not a left wing critique New Atheism:

*Getting upset people are criticizing religion at all

*Getting upset atheists articulate their reasons for being atheists in any form other than “It’s for purely personal reasons”

*Doubling down on Eurocentrism by aggressively asserting that criticism of religion is only done by white people and non-whites are all super religious fae creatures or whatever

A doctor saying "Good news! Your labs look great" is like if you were watching a cop show and the chief walked in like "Great news, everybody! The best news! The killer is still at large and we have no leads."

sometimes your owns against homo/transphobes arent funny enough to warrant consciously reminding me that people hate me for immutable characteristics about myself

party rock is in the house tonight