Shermer seems like a genuinely nice guy who’s not eager to support things like censorship or intolerance. Unfortunately, some parts of his article don’t fit with his praise of intellectual tolerance.’In this same article, Shermer compares skepticism of neo-Darwinian evolution to pernicious and obviously false views like Holocaust denial. Shermers message seems conflicted: He wants to uphold democratic ideals of tolerance and freedom of speech, but comparing scientific doubters of neo-Darwinian evolution to abhorrent ideas like Holocaust denial doesn’t foster those values.
http://www.evolutionnews.org/2010/05/the_conflicted_message_of_the.html#more
