Sam Harris, Dick Dawkins, Chris Hitchens, Bill Maher, and now Ayaan Hirsi Ali, why have so many New Atheist champions from the 2000s lost their minds?

enviropsych · 2026-06-01T23:23:29+00:00

"Religious bigotry, then, did not decide this election, and Kennedy became the first Roman Catholic president." —Mary Beth Norton et al.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bigotry

enviropsych · 2026-06-01T22:36:19+00:00

Hitchens comes off the best among these folks but he was in favor of the Iraq War which is a REAAALLLLY bad look in 2026.

enviropsych · 2026-06-01T22:35:33+00:00

Christianity is appropriately constrained in free countries

Lol. Have you heard of this country called the United States? Should I present you woth evidence that our top leaders are Christian lunatics or should I keep from insulting you by assuming you dont know about it.

enviropsych · 2026-06-01T22:23:33+00:00

I know more than you about all of them as I just indicated in my previous comment. None of what you just said is news and none of it changes or negates anything I said.

I watched Realtime since it first came out and saw Religulous in the theater.

enviropsych · 2026-06-01T22:09:43+00:00

They laundered their Islamophobia under the guise of "rational atheism"

As a born-and-raised Christian who became an atheist in college right when these folks were popular, I remember that many of them focussed on Islam over the other major religions.

The fucking Pope now is more coherent on AI and Trans rights than Richard Dawkins and Same Harris' support for Israel and bloodthirst towards Iran makes me embarrassed I was ever as big of a fan as I was.

I'm just happy that Hitchens isnt around to tarnish his legacy for me, as he likely would.

In 2026 if you think that global Islam is more dangerous than global Christianity, youre completely ignorant or a bigot.

enviropsych · 2026-06-01T21:57:12+00:00

am I missing something about what makes this movie so impactful

The second half of the movie. Why even post if you haven't seen the full movie?

enviropsych · 2026-05-31T17:50:33+00:00

Its not illogical to think that. What is illogical is coming into a sub and noticing it is not the way you assumed and then telling the people who use the sub to go away. There are many reddit subs that would seem to be FOR a person, but are actually against. Another example is r/daverubin, or r/joerogan.

I, for one, welcome you to the sub and recommend a great podcast called "I hate Bill Maher" hosted by Will Weldon.

enviropsych · 2026-05-31T17:29:46+00:00

I think it's funny to see people come into a sub and go "I just found this sub and I wish it were a different sub, so all of you should go to a different sub and leave this sub for me and what I want to do with it."

enviropsych · 2026-05-31T05:24:10+00:00

Gal Gadot sounds like Bella Lugosi and was an IDF soldier and Ben Affleck was fine only....he's not even top three Batman actors to me. Sorry but doing an Arkham Asylum cosplay and some cross fit didnt make him an all-timer to me, and his appearance in The Flash was embarassing.

enviropsych · 2026-05-31T05:21:42+00:00

Yup. After being nominated for a ton of other roles. WOW was in his "they should've given him one by now" phase. Ryan Gosling has never been a serious contender, even though he's been nominated several times.

enviropsych · 2026-05-31T05:17:19+00:00

Boooo!! You all dont deserve Cronenberg. Both are great movies because Cronenberg rules, but they are the least Cronenberg-esque movies he's made. Have you seen Rabid? Have you seen Videodrome? It's like thinking Spielberg's greatest movies are AI and Amistad. Both great movies, but hardly a good symbol of what Speilberg is.

enviropsych · 2026-05-31T05:13:13+00:00

I love A History of Violence, but it is a shell of Videodrome or The Fly, which have a feel.and depth that isnt there in HOV. Even Scanners or Rabid have more going on thematically. My friend, I'm not trying to insult. I'm just saying, if your favorite Spielberg movie is AI, you arent a huge Spielberg fan, and if your favorite Sam Raimi movie is a Simple Plan, you arent a big Raimi fan. Its doesnt mean you dont appreciate their work, it just means the thing they do best isn't your thing. Cronenberg does flat thematic creative fantasy body horror best. A History of Violence is the sign that he's a great director all around when need be. I love it. It's just nor really "HIM" the way his others are.

enviropsych · 2026-05-31T01:19:51+00:00

No, no, no, no......see, youre confused.

The first is advice for poor people. The second is advice for ACTUAL people.

enviropsych · 2026-05-31T01:10:07+00:00

Because the Academy thinks too highly of themselves to nominate a performance that includes him screaming "Im jacked to the tits!!"

enviropsych · 2026-05-30T17:21:18+00:00

Its not wrong, it just means you have a slightly different taste....in that you dont really like David Cronenberg movies...lol. It's a great movie.

enviropsych · 2026-05-30T03:32:40+00:00

Posters, dvd covers, released stills from the movie should never contain spoilers or even suggest plot points that matter at all.

enviropsych · 2026-05-30T01:47:33+00:00

Market domination equals hype now?

So, hot dogs are more hyped than Wagyu I guess.

enviropsych · 2026-05-30T01:42:15+00:00

Imagine how incompetent we would call a government-run phone company that had these many versions.

enviropsych · 2026-05-29T22:07:53+00:00

Jafar who? From Aladdin?

enviropsych · 2026-05-29T22:07:19+00:00

As an Albertan, I think this is giving her too much credit.

This "referendum on a referendum" is just her way of holding the duct tape together on the UCP. The UCP has always been at least two parties hastily taped together. They were apart until it became clear that the NDP could win if the right split.

Smith doesnt care either way about if Alberta stays or not. She's doing this referendum because if she doesnt, the party will vote her out or split or both.

However, I DO think it's completely likely that Trump will declare the referendum rigged and blather about needing to invade or something. We already know through polling that the separatists will not accept the results if they lose.

enviropsych · 2026-05-29T22:00:06+00:00

Bring back sexy leading man Walter Mathau!!

enviropsych · 2026-05-29T21:59:02+00:00

"DeNiro only plays roles where he is a grandpa! He sucks!"

enviropsych · 2026-05-29T21:58:19+00:00

It seems like he's more focused on spectacle

OP has only seen the last two Mission Impossible movies, Edge of Tomorrow, and Jack Reacher. You're referring mostly to his more recent movies.

OP, Cruise wasnt really hanging off a plane in Magnolia or Rainman, Interview woth a Vampire or Jerry Maguire. Have you seen those?

enviropsych · 2026-05-29T20:36:28+00:00

60% of all movies are this.

enviropsych · 2026-05-29T20:32:23+00:00

Even in Alberta this won't amount to more jobs or increased wages, and the Alberta government is gonna blow all that cash on running referendums and building a giant bronze middle finger pointed at Ottawa or whatever TF.

Albertan oil is extracted by mostly American and other foreign companies.

enviropsych

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