Nothing New Here

A poorly-supported, unreasonable assertion is a poorly-supported, unreasonable assertion. A world in which ideas are freely thought and expressed is a world in which baseless assertions are subject to scrutiny and challenge. No matter the emotional, sociological, or political atmospherics, a bad idea is a bad idea, and in a world of free people, bad ideas can run but cannot hide.

'New atheism' is the above applied to religious assertions. There's nothing new about it.