Seth Andrews: Dissent is our Duty

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The Thinking Atheist

Science, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In our critical cultural moment, protest is patriotism. Yet is there any reason to hope that democracy and decency might still prevail?

Seth Andrews has thoughts.

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0:00.0	Wake up! The Jones is a redo in their garden! Love that porcelain paven and all that fencing.
0:05.3	I knew it. They'd been with their landscaper to Jusen.
0:07.8	A mini-digger! No wonder she was so smug at Zumba! Right, I want a sunken seating area. She won't have that?
0:14.2	For materials, too high, timber and paving. Don't waste time. Deuton's got the lot. Like Terales, porcelain, paving from only 22 pounds per square meter.
0:22.3	Love it.
0:23.1	All trade prices exclude VAT at 20%.
0:25.9	So now you can keep up with the Joneses.
0:28.0	And the Evanses.
0:29.2	And the Patels.
0:30.1	Okay, here we go.
0:31.0	Stand by.
0:31.7	Three, two, one.
0:34.4	The thinking atheist.
0:36.1	It's not a person.
0:37.7	It's a symbol.
0:39.1	An idea.
0:40.4	The population of atheists in this country is going through the roof.
0:43.7	Rejecting faith.
0:45.3	Persuing knowledge.
0:46.9	Challenging the sacred.
0:48.4	If I tell the truth, it's because I tell the truth.
0:52.2	Not because I put my hand on a book and made a wish.
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