Polite Conversations

An impromptu conversation Chrissy Stroop and I had following our previous chat about Transphobia in the New Atheist scene. I decided to record it and turn it into a Bonus mini ep.

We talk about what Pro Natalism really means and how it’s spreading among the self-professed Rational types online.

Radicalized Ex-Muslim Sarah Haider comes up, as well as the topic of how the ‘pro natalist’ scene often openly discusses hitting children as a valid disciplining tactic. 

I have a deeper dive into this topic, if you’re interested in it check out my post about it here - a part of my ExMuslim to TradFash Pipieline series: 

‘Hipster Eugenicists, Birthrates …. & Beating Children’

https://www.patreon.com/posts/106529773

Check out my recent convo with Chrissy about Transphobia in the New Atheist scene here: 

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UIAKby4Nih0Bm5sO4q72H?si=YEVVGcPUTy-IvRUQjsDXjA

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‘Hipster eugenics’: why is the media cosying up to people who want to build a super race?

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/apr/20/pro-natalism-babies-global-population-genetics

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I was joined by Chrissy Stroop, fellow atheist, cofounder of The Flytrap & senior correspondent for Religion Dispatches - for a chat about recent drama in the New Atheist scene.  Some dinosaur atheists (Dawkins, Pinker, Coyne) recently quit their positions on the honorary board at the Freedom from Religion Foundation, because of their inability to keep up with the times & what science says about gender today. These old farts would like to keep insisting that gender is an absolute binary, and they are willing to have multiple tantrums about it. 

We discuss this and more, as it’s all happening against the backdrop of America’s crumbling democracy. The New Atheists are in bed with the Christian right, and they don’t like to be reminded of that. 

Links: 

• Here’s Chrissy’s previous appearance on Polite Conversations
• Some additional New Atheism Episodes you might enjoy ICYMI: 
•  Dawkins Delusion
• Pinker’s Pernicious Politeness Pt. 1
• Pinker Pt 2
• Transphobic Meltdown (Sam Harris)

• All of the Anti-Trans Executive Orders Trump has signed
• Read more details about the background of this drama around FFRF here
• Coyne defends Musk’s salute
• Andy Ngo’s start at CFI https://jewishcurrents.org/the-making-of-andy-ngo
• Dawkins recommends Doug Murray’s white nationalist book
• David Silverman fired after allegations of sexual misconduct
• American Atheists board members exit, dogged by misconduct allegations
• Israel commits largest child massacre in it’s history https://www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025-03-21/ty-article-opinion/.premium/even-anti-war-israelis-are-scared-to-say-gazans-are-human-beings/00000195-b525-d862-a3b5-f53704750000
• Find The FlyTrap here: https://theflytrap.beehiiv.com/

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This is a clip from the recent episode titled ‘Trumpocalypse: Who enabled the Gamergate-ification of America’

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This is a clip from the recent episode titled ‘Trumpocalypse: Who enabled the Gamergate-ification of America’

Find the public version of the episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Vcyf5eIcyb6kYcESX5x0Q?si=2vi2uLDcQTK4k2weth_O3w

and the extended version here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/122166594

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This is an excerpt from a patreon exclusive post about the recent IDW ‘War on Science’ anti-woke project that was shared by alleged sex pest Lawrence Krauss recently. 

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Find the extended Patreon version of the Trumpocalypse episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/122166594

You can check out the public version of the Trumpocalypse episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5Vcyf5eIcyb6kYcESX5x0Q?si=0Y-cZuaMScmYuUSRxh05ug

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Can the non-right come together to fight back against the rising tide of fascism?

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Civil rights lawyer & patron of the show Bree (@BreeEsq on the hellsite) joins us to tell the tale of her bizarre birthright trip to Israel.

We discuss that and more in the extended version. Including her fascinating insights on IDW fans she encounters on Tinder, her breaking the story about the unhinged, genocidal & ironically named podcast ‘2 Nice Jewish Boys’. We also discuss the deliberate and massive information gaps in news about Israel’s assault on Palestine and how the msm has failed the public on this issue. How information being suppressed leads to some bad actors filling the gaps.

Links:

Isaac Herzog’s anti miscegenation views, calling intermarriage an ‘actual plague’ https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/isaac-herzogs-remarks-racial-purity-reprehensible-any-language

Breaking the Silence https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Silence_(organization)

Hannibal Directive

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-07/ty-article-magazine/.premium/idf-ordered-hannibal-directive-on-october-7-to-prevent-hamas-taking-soldiers-captive/00000190-89a2-d776-a3b1-fdbe45520000

Yoav Gallant confirms use of Hannibal Directive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48ADwSrPG9w

Very oddly specific cartoon that came up in our conversation: https://x.com/breeesq/status/1743423202179846483?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

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This is a clip from my recent episode covering the Magdeburg attack in Germany. Listen to the public release version here:

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Each day there are at least 72.4 new disasters caused by the Trump administration. It seems like Trump and his billionaire N@zi pal Elon, are intentionally accelerating the collapse of the US and world politics as we know it. Who could have predicted they’d hand racist teenage internet trolls access to sensitive government information? Well…. A lot of people who have watched the darker corners of the internet could have warned about some of the stuff we’re seeing now. The presence of similar anti-minority themes, the rationalization of hate and online harassment campaigns have been observed in many rightwing spaces over the years. But Gamergate served as a blueprint for so many of them.

Who paved the way for this nightmare? Was it Rational Centrists who often legitimized rightwing fearmongering, Liberals? Both sidesy media? Was it the Dems who enabled a genocide? Or the people who refused to vote for them? Join me as I explore this topic.

Links:

Majority of Americans approve of Trump's job performance so far, CBS News poll finds https://www.cbsnews.com/video/majority-americans-approve-trump-job-performance-so-far-poll/

Woking Up 11 - ‘Transphobic Meltdown’ https://open.spotify.com/episode/73wtudAwKzLfuqvi2VMTQ1?si=0xEnlU7VQ4uBvES7at5ntA

Trump signs executive order banning trans women from women’s sports https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/trump-executive-order-ban-trans-women-sports-rcna190767

How Hitler used Democracy to take Power https://time.com/6971088/adolf-hitler-take-power-democracy/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/06/israel-tells-army-to-prepare-plan-for-palestinians-to-voluntarily-leave-gaza Israel tells army to prepare plans for expulsion of Palestinians

Israel’s Smotrich vows escalation against Palestinians in West Bank, threatens Gaza-like fate https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20250210-israels-smotrich-vows-escalation-against-palestinians-in-west-bank-threatens-gaza-like-fate/

NYT Burying the lede on how Israel has not held up it’s end of the ceasefire https://x.com/jeremyscahill/status/1889288932971401264?s=61&t=w7q_ejvwZ_gCFj9WV50Lqw

Israel’s economy is in decline https://www.timesofisrael.com/israels-economy-in-grave-danger-as-gaza-war-drags-on-economists-warn/

Israel boosts propaganda funding by $150m to sway global opinion against genocide https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israel-boosts-propaganda-funding-150-million-sway-global-opinion-against

“Operation Wrath of Zion" Aims to Dox and Deport Pro-Palestinian Protestors in New York City https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/israel-palestine-dox-new-york-facial-recognition-ai?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=2510348&post_id=156126181&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=2yt6x1&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email

'No thanks': White South Africans turn down Trump's immigration offer https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/no-thanks-white-south-africans-turn-down-trumps-immigration-offer-2025-02-09/

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