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While I'm philosophically on board with what he's doing here, I can't help but feel it's a colossal waste of time. A few years ago, I would have enthusiastically supported this video, but let's face it. The moron in the red hat (who I'm going to call Fat Fred Durst) is never going to accept your argument and neither will anyone who follows him.

Seriously, anyone who is that wilfully ignorant doesn't care about evidence, science or anything but what they already believe.

@ChaosEngine I can see how you would feel like this is preaching to the choir (much like he accuses Fat Fred Durst of doing), but there are still good reasons to support this type of dressing down. You have to consider who the audience is for this video. As I see it, there are 3 possibilities: FFD and his followers, fellow sceptics and atheists, and the general public. While, ostensibly, this video aims at all three audiences, it is only the latter where you can hope for any movement.

If FFD is the only voice talking to teenage kids and incurious adults, then more of them will follow him. This video offers a counterpoint and if it influences just one or two otherwise unswayed people to think more deeply about religious claims, rhetorical logic or the scientific process, then it is a win.