Watson on Krauss and the future of organized atheism

Rebecca Watson gives some background to BuzzFeed’s thoroughly researched exposé on Lawrence Krauss’s history of sexual harassment.

Meanwhile, PZ Myers at Pharyngula takes apart some of the usual roaches leaping out of the woodwork to Krauss’s defense. Skeptics, these people are in name only. The ongoing attacks against Melody Hensley are particularly repugnant – but this is from the same assholes who drove her out of the movement in the first place, so that’s only to be expected.

Organized atheism continues to crumble with each passing day, and its stalwarts stick their fingers in their ears and screech that all is well even as sensible people flee in droves. I agree with Watson – there’s no reason to believe anything will seriously change at this point, not until the old guard is thrown out or, more likely, sinks into an irrelevance of their own making. I’m hoping whatever is built upon the ashes will be a stronger, more vibrant movement … ideally, one that chooses to keep out the dead weight that caused the original to founder.