So all of this begs an important question: if acting like harsh, rude, offensive “New Atheists” is the best way to improve the acceptance of science and, especially, evolution, why do so many “New Atheists” act like anything BUT harsh, rude, and offensive religion-bashers when dragged off their blogs and plopped in front of a public audience of mixed opinions on belief? Why switch personas between blog posts and in-person appearances if what you’re doing on your blog is the supposed “right” way to deal with religion? Why do we see self-described “New Atheists” speaking to church groups about science (yes – some of them do!) and disagreeing about religion and doing so while speaking softly and politically instead of putting on their blogger hats and tone and ranting about how much of a “bullshit-peddling pedophilic fucktard” their religious leaders are? In short, why are more New Atheists seemingly not willing to take the identical rhetoric they use on their blogs and say it to the public’s face in a lecture on evolution?
