The split has been going on for a while. A while ago there was a huge split in the whole atheist community because of the whole "atheism plus" thing. Basically a bunch of people, mostly feminist and progressive types which was mostly women but also included a lot of prominent men in the community like P.J. Myers who have strong leftist leanings decided that the atheist movement shoud also be associated with various causes such as LGBT advocacy, feminism, and other leftist pet projects.
I don't think it's any secret that many people involved in the atheist movement tend to be on the leftist or liberal side of things so if anything this conflict just shows that there truly are people that are getting sick of what modern feminism is peddling. Even people who are on their side politically and culturally are getting sick of them.
I don't think it's any secret that many people involved in the atheist movement tend to be on the leftist or liberal side of things so if anything this conflict just shows that there truly are people that are getting sick of what modern feminism is peddling. Even people who are on their side politically and culturally are getting sick of them.