Maybe People Should Not Look Up To YouTube Atheist

[Blake the Heretic]

I have problems with the whole concept of celebrity in general. And believe me, when it comes to the concept of internet celebrity, I am down right disappointed in our internet humanity. No one should be an internet celebrity anymore than Paris Hilton and her ilk should be celebrities IRL.

But, many of us who are not believers in the ultimate fictional celebrity tend to quote, get information from and adopt the mindsets of many who we perceive as like-minded on the internet.

One particular individual who comes to mind is a neck-bearded misogynist who calls himself The Amazing Atheist, in one thread I created on misogyny, certain individuals cited him as if he were some sort of person that I maybe should pay heed to. But if you knew the history of TJ and for that matter Thunderf00t, I highly doubt that anyone would ever tempt to do that again.

The Amazing Atheist, if you check out his YouTube channel seems to have put discussing atheism on the backburner and has been taking more time ranting about the evils of women. And I find it disgusting.

His rants on how women and particularly feminist women are evil are no more legitimate than any given racist ranting about about Asians, African Americans or Hispanics on YouTube.

Yet some of us seem to think that it is a-ok to recommend or promote this guy. so I am going to ask you Amazing Atheist fans a question: Would you promote or recommend a racist if you felt that that racist was a like minded atheist?

I disagree with your assertion. I completely disagree. You clearly don't understand the points of argument TJ makes.

I agree that people shouldn't be citing Youtubers as an authority on political issues, but don't just side shelf their arguments because they sometimes make great points.

TJ is not sexist or a chauvinist. He explains very well his issue with feminism. It has nothing to do with wanting women not to have rights, his issues is two sided.

1.) He thinks they should focus on 'gender equality' instead of specifically 'female equality'

2.) There are fringe sects of the feminist movement who aren't actually for 'gender rights' but rather 'female supremacy' and I've seen what he's talking about.

TJ is against Extremism and anyone who'd come after the constitution.

Seriously, don't get mad at him, just pay close attention to what he's saying. Also, if anyone ever manages to prove him wrong he claims he'd retract his incorrect statements and admit he was wrong. This is yet to happen so I hold my judgement on whether or not he'd actually do that.