So it was no surprise when a portion of these guys decided that Feminism and Queer Rights were an affront to their genius. How dare other Liberation movements exist! We were supposed to focus on how God is Dead and how clever Richard Dawkins is for explaining it!
It's like fundies who become Satanists: "I'm not just going to reject one illogical thing; I'm going to reject society itself—then I'll feel strong and smug!" [Note: this applies to all the "White Men who are Really Excited to Tell You Why God is Dead", not normal "sky's blue; god's dead" atheists.]