Who are your favorite current Atheists?

[abaris]

Seems a bit simple to me. What exactly did he do?

There are a lot who take it a tad too far. I'm not familiar with the guy in question, but it's a general observation. That's why I don't do hero worship. I like to listen to some of the youtube atheists such as Matt Dillahunty or AronRa. Generally I also like Dawkins for his humorous attitude. But many of the well known atheists are virtually preaching from the Ivory Tower, which doesn't help matters at all, since it reaches nobody unless they're already in their camp. Also they often transport dubious messages that can turn out to be just as bad as religious bigotry.