Sam Seder
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There Was No "Reason" For This Sam Harris Tattoo
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June 25, 2018
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"If you have ever gone online to criticize renowned New Atheist Sam Harris for any of his baseless assertions or wrong-headed arguments, you risk finding yourself on the receiving end of hundreds of tweets claiming you have misquoted him, misunderstand him, or read him out of context. Though Harris’s followers are ostensibly anti-religion, it’s remarkable how much they resemble members of a cult whose infallible leader has been questioned.
Harris is more obsessed with Islam and Muslims than most contemporary atheist intellectuals, painting this religion as a unique threat to the world. He gained notoriety after a heated debate with Ben Affleck on Bill Maher’s HBO show, where Harris called Islam the "motherlode of bad ideas” (the YouTube clip of the exchange has nearly 5 million hits). Harris’ online defenders tend to use more intellectual jargon, accusing his critics of “straw-manning,” “quote-mining” or “confirmation bias.” But in effect, they’re identical to the anti-intellectual contingent of support for Donald Trump, who just yell “fake news” at any criticism of their leader."*
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