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Here's why the trend bothers me. And I am well-prepared for the downvotes. I live in Canada. Unless America (a mighty 30 minute drive away) is somehow a COMPLETELY different cultural climate, you fall into one of two categories as atheists dealing with... I don't know, oppression, religious harassment... Whatever you want to call it.
1. You come from a community or neighbourhood that IS that religiously myopic. And that sucks. BUT You being an atheist is NOT the worst thing going on there. Racist, sexist, homophobic attitudes (the big easy three, but also systemic oppression, as well as other negative attitudes) are on-going, so the atheists' complaints sound like so much whining.
OR 2. And you guys are the worst. People who haven't had to deal with any actual injustice pretty well ever. But because being oppressed lends your story or life some credibility, or edge, or I don't know what you want from it, you seek to be outraged by the way your otherwise homogeneous cultural group treats your one basically insignificant difference.
If you're in group one, I can tolerate it. It just seems like you missed the bigger problem. If you're in group two, you're white. You're middle class. You realized that the Bible didn't add up in the 10th grade. Congrats. You've been on /atheism long enough to know you aren't a snowflake. Your face is not important to atheism.
Comment by DeathCampForCuties at 04/03/2012 at 09:36 UTC
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I could not have said it better myself...
I believe people were bothered and accused them of circle-jerking because some of these stank of the smugness of group 2.
It's as if they JUST came upon this revelation that many parts of religion doesn't make much sense at all and want a pat on the back for their brave preaching or coming out with said revelation as if they are the prophet for enlightenment.
Comment by wickedzen at 04/03/2012 at 08:01 UTC
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Have you been paying any attention our national politics, lately?