I certainly do not have to like a man who, if he ever had any kind of political power, would indubitably start a persecution. Nor do I have to favour superstition and ignorance. But if you think that Dawkins is not representative, I would like you to tell me who bought all thouse hundreds of thousand of copies of his books (and of the equally crude and ignorant Harris and Hutchens), who made him a media phenomenon, and who keeps listening to him. Those sure weren't Southern Baptists who crowded the debate thread after his star appearance on the Washington Post.