Communicating Atheism (pt 3) Melchiorre mirrored

Panel Discussion: Communicating Atheism
at the World Atheist Convention
O'Callaghan Alexander Hotel,
Dublin Ireland 2011

Rebecca Watson
http://skepchick.org/

AronRa
http://www.youtube.com/AronRa/

Tom Melchiorre
http://www.atheistalliance.org/

Richard Dawkins
http://richarddawkins.net/

mirrored from:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fqcmqAXCas

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[HConstantine]

@HConstantine I can see why AronRa took this one down.

[Rationalific]

@SolomonKull I really appreciate anzuki for mirroring this, because I can't find this part elsewhere. But yes, this dude has it all wrong and I have no idea who he is, either.

Plus, one thing he said was something like "You may remember Malcolm X, the leader of the Black Panther Party." Well, that didn't sit well with me, so I researched, and yep, Malcolm X never even belonged to the Black Panther Party.

[AgentOfProgress]

Malcolm X was never a Panther. He was militant, sure, and the Panthers took something of a lead from his militancy, but he was killed before the Black Panther Party for Self Defense was founded. Also, gets a lot of the differences between the BPP and Martin wrong. Sloppy history.

[PawnBACM]

This segment actually touches upon an important concept currently facing America; the socioeconomic dilemma. The GOP is tied to religion, which is tied to humanitarianism, which is tied to receptiveness. It's why Islam is so well-received in some countries; their outreach programs. Couple that with American politicians throwing education under the bus for more war, tax breaks, etc. and the declining economy drives people towards religion in an environment of declining science, etc. i.e win-win

[mavaddat]

Malcolm X was actually remarkably light-skinned, not very dark. There are colour photographs of him showing this.

[LeeMarcelle]

Thanks Anzuki. I get that Melchiorre didn't want this up because of the inaccuracies, but it's possible to ignore the mistakes and take away the message.

[ferkinskin]

Dicky Dawkins looks bored. Aaron Ra doesn't look too impressed either!

[TheNatealator]

I think Sam Harris has an excellent response to his call for athiests to unite, youtube video titled _Sam Harris on the "dangers" of "atheism"_

[Cougar139tweak]

I wonder if this guy's ass hurts, he sure is pulling a lot out of it. Crack open a history book and stop making up stuff, you're hurting the atheist cause with your ignorance.

[reznor12]

This guys has a horrid grasp on history, and should do a lot more research.

[BoogieNite77]

lol! Malcom X was not dark, he was red boned and even had a nickname because his skin was light and hair had a redish color.

X was a Nation of Islam leader not a Panther. Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Panthers.

none of these men were terribly dark. In fact, MLK jr. might have actually been the darkest of them …… FAIL!!!