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#6 — The Chapel Hill Murders and 'Militant' Atheism

Making Sense with Sam Harris

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Hate Crime in the US Is Not a Major Problem

Hate crimes directed at people based onrel s bigotry outnumber the crimes against moslems five to one. Five people were murdered on the basis of hate crime in two thousand and 13. And this is every year. So fe're ging to be concerned about hate crime in the us, we should be ened about anti semitism before we worry about anti moslem hate crime. This analogy between so called militant atheism and militant islam is essentially a moral hoax. But criticizing ideas and their consequences is absolutely essential.

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