Are “new” atheists hurting other atheists’ agendas?

An article from the Nashua Telegraph is pitting atheist against atheist.  It’s painting “new” atheists as detrimental to the causes (whatever those may be) of other less vocal or moderate atheists.  Here’s my response to the article (still awaiting moderation):
The only thing new about “new” atheists is that we are tired of tolerating religious intolerance [...]