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I live in Texas, one of the states that y'all (yeah, y'all, German has a y'all, too, guys) seem to think is the most bullying towards atheists. Most of my friends are atheists and not a one of them has ever complained to me of any kind of harassment. In fact, I would say I get more shit for being a Jew than I've ever known anyone to get for being an atheist and I'm not even particularly Jewish. I'm sure that y'all (there it is again) have dealt with your fair share of difficulties, don't get me wrong, but uploading "faces of atheism" to "r/atheism" isn't going to change that. If you want to spread your message you have to do it outside your comfort zone, and that can be dangerous.
Comment by edeity at 03/03/2012 at 23:04 UTC
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Enemy of atheism isnt religion but domineering controlling religion that actively and politically pursues an agenda to exclude and eventually eliminate all non members of their religion. Atheists are just responding to the same challenges you probably had to face, but they do not have the depth of a mature culture and tradition to provide support and guidance.
Whats happening here isnt really pushing the atheist message, instead its really just forming up a sense of community to create some more resilience, building up the tribe as it were...