Yes, Atheists Still Face Censorship

http://www.patheos.com/blogs/daylightatheism/2010/12/atheists-still-face-censorship/

created by [deleted] on 11/06/2013 at 17:19 UTC

742 upvotes, 35 top-level comments (showing 25)

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Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2013 at 18:52 UTC

76 upvotes, 2 direct replies

this article is almost 3 years old

Comment by gth829c at 11/06/2013 at 17:28 UTC*

97 upvotes, 7 direct replies

Passive aggression at its finest

Edit: For those who are missing this, this is OP's way of skirting the mods removing protest posts. He is now parading around /r/atheismrebooted and /r/atheismpolicy telling people how to avoid being removed.

Comment by Hendershot88 at 12/06/2013 at 04:03 UTC

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I think I'm finally going to leave /r/atheism. This is how my community acts when memes get taken away? If the 13 year olds want their memes fine. I'll be over at /r/TrueAtheism. Go ahead downvote it, I won't be around to care.

Comment by MrDannyOcean at 11/06/2013 at 17:29 UTC*

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This was from just a few minutes ago, about 1:20 EST tuesday.

http://i.imgur.com/SIGYg3U.png

There's a legitimate news link shared by /u/Coordman at #30. In the very first minute it got 8 downvotes in the first minute despite being an interesting link. That is not normal, and it's proof that somebody (or team of somebodies) is sitting in the new queue nuking any new content immediately as it comes in.

It's rising now, but there is still some team of determined people trying to kill everything. Ironically, the censorship could now be argued to be going both ways on /r/atheism - because there's a group trying to kill any conversations not about the recent changes as well as a ban on talking about those changes.

Comment by rprz at 11/06/2013 at 17:30 UTC

20 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Finally, content relevant to my interests.

Comment by WilliamDhalgren at 11/06/2013 at 17:35 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

There was an attempt to put an atheist slogan (anarchist really, no gods, no masters) on city trams in Zagreb , the capital of Croatia, few years ago. They payed for it to be up for one month.

They were up for one day before being removed for being offensive to the religious..

http://translate.google.hr/translate?sl=hr&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=hr&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwebcache.googleusercontent.com%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dcache%3AOiWY_2p4pMoJ%3Awww.jutarnji.hr%2Fateisti-ogorceni--zet-gusi-slobodu-govora%2F197757%2F%2B%26cd%3D3%26hl%3Dhr%26ct%3Dclnk%26gl%3Dhr%26client%3Dfirefox-a

Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2013 at 17:38 UTC*

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Comment by Bob__Loblaw__ at 11/06/2013 at 17:37 UTC

16 upvotes, 2 direct replies

It's sad that I'm surprised this wasn't about /r/atheism.

Comment by CrotchMissile at 11/06/2013 at 19:16 UTC

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putting memes in to self posts is exactly like the silencing and often execution of atheists the world over.

Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2013 at 17:20 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

well duh, have you SEEN this subreddit today?

Comment by LocalMadman at 11/06/2013 at 17:23 UTC

17 upvotes, 5 direct replies

Right here in /r/atheism in fact!

Comment by [deleted] at 11/06/2013 at 21:39 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Hell, it's actually easier to come out as a Wiccan or Scientologist than to come out as an Atheist in some parts of Western society. When religious people see you are following a different religion, they still understand you believe, even if your beliefs are wrong. When they see an Atheist, they see an enemy and don't understand them at all. Religion will die, it must otherwise the human race cannot move on to greater things, no matter what technology we have.

Comment by Ramblin_Dash at 11/06/2013 at 18:14 UTC

5 upvotes, 2 direct replies

This post was from 2010.

Comment by Me_The_Meme at 11/06/2013 at 19:23 UTC*

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As a meme, it stops my heart to think that our free speech is being limited. Now how will I speak my soul and express true advice in the form of a duck or point out how my facebook friend is a moron and laugh at him with likeminded chums?

First they came for Scumbag Steve and I did not speak out, because Scumbag Steve is a dick...

EDIT: Downvote? Why do you hate FREE SPEECH?

Comment by magicmurph at 11/06/2013 at 20:39 UTC*

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Comment by Fishbowl_Helmet at 11/06/2013 at 18:05 UTC

1 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Huh. For some reason I thought this would be a more recent article.

Comment by AleOrc at 11/06/2013 at 22:12 UTC

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Awesome article. Especially this ad[1] that was in the middle. Highlarious.

1: http://googleads.g.doubleclick.net/simgad/13107143589924902354

Comment by [deleted] at 12/06/2013 at 01:20 UTC

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My town was mentioned! So proud!

Comment by [deleted] at 12/06/2013 at 01:30 UTC

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Our very own /r/exmormon group found that advertisers in Utah were unwilling to allow a billboard with a very tame message to Mormon doubters. It wasn't even athiest in nature. It was basically an ad to let doubting Mormons know that they weren't alone. Advertisers in Utah rejected it.

Comment by r2o at 12/06/2013 at 02:09 UTC

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IMO, it's better to use 'gods' instead of 'God'. Capitalizing god just acknowledges their reverence, and gives them a point to argue when fighting these ads. Also, who the hell names their god, God? Or their christian child, Christian? Oh, wait.

Comment by [deleted] at 12/06/2013 at 02:24 UTC

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I will just leave this here - I am a sorta Catholic -- I have never been reviled or rejected on this forum - I crack wise - I have commented on many posts. I've gotten some really great responses and some not so great. I wouldn't censor you and I think no one should. I guess I'm cranky and old enough to enjoy my time here. Thank you for being all of you. Don't accept censorship, keep talking :)

Comment by [deleted] at 12/06/2013 at 02:46 UTC

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The implication, it would seem, is that Christians believe themselves to be the only good people in the world, and that no one else is permitted to act morally without their permission.

Oh come on. What emotive rhetorical nonsense. The author's petty whining and first grade reasoning aside, the First Amendment should allow atheist ads to be posted regardless of the complaints of a few pastors.

But really, write something intelligent and not petty. Otherwise the article looks as mean spirited as what it is critiquing.