Here is part seven in my ongoing series where I ask the men who are leaders in our community to speak out against the hate that has been directed at many of the vocal women in atheism, secularism and skepticism.

Today, I bring you words of wisdom and a video featuring Matt Dillahunty, President of the Atheist Community of Austin and host of The Atheist Experience.

Matt speaks to the idea that discussing sexism and harassment can be a difficult task especially when there are some ‘thugs’ who refuse to engage in honest discussions. These ‘thugs’ are trying to silence people and we as a community need to stand together to stop them. He also brings attention to the fact that there are also a lot of really good people out there who just ‘don’t get it’ and we should focus on helping those people to understand the issues.

Matt’s comments after the jump.



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