  I just finished reading the article in the June issue of
American Atheist by MJP Campbell titled, “PZ Myers: Can We Raise
the Standard Please?”. I was confused as to what the author’s
actual point was, but I think it was all about “tone”. I am an
avid reader of both PZ Myers’ and CFI’s blogs, but if there are
two things PZ does not take lightly, it’s accommodationism and
complaints about “tone”. Nowhere in this article did I read
anything about the actual arguments that PZ made in refuting De
Dora. It was all about name-calling, and fundamentalist Atheist
dogma (whatever that is) and irrationality vs. rational
discourse. I went back and re-read De Dora’s original article
and everything that followed and, despite PZ’s tone, his
argument is still sound, in my view. I for one appreciate PZ’s
willingness to not pull punches and the forceful nature of his
arguments. Alliterative name-calling aside, I interpret PZ’s
tone to stem from the ongoing frustration he must feel at
continually having to refute accomodatio