Opinion of the Flying Spaghetti Monster argument

[Hindsight was 2020]

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The 2000s were the recent high water mark of evangelical cultural power in the U.S., in a way that's genuinely hard to remember now. The only reason why the Flying Spagehtti Monster had any sort of widespread appeal was because it spoke to the 20-30% of Americans who felt profoundly alienated by the hegemonic marriage of right-wing politics and conservative Christianity that characterized the Bush administration (see also, Jon Stewart, r/atheism, Lady Gaga as cultural lightning rod).

Now it seems sort of pathetic -- a lost icon from a bygone era.
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I just find it amazing that a good numbers of that eras “new atheism” leaders turned into a bunch of cranky old reactionaries who despite living in a era of Roe v Wade being gutted and the evangelical movement having as much political power as they ever had think hating on trans people and Muslim migrants is more important