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nolabear

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19. Fine. We are legion. And I'm not going to be hysterical.

Reply to SamKnause (Original post)

Fri Jan 20, 2017, 03:10 PM

Jan 2017

I'm not saying that critically but exactly as it's defined, being frightened without cause. If they come up with cause I'll be frightened. Neither will I stop being vigilant though, not only for my rights as an atheist but those of religious belief as well.

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Hello fellow Atheists. How welcome do you feel in your country [View all] SamKnause Jan 2017 OP

About as welcome as I feel as a woman or a lesbian. nt justiceischeap Jan 2017 #1

No shit Warpy Jan 2017 #28

Meh. I'm used to that kind of insanity. n/t Buckeye_Democrat Jan 2017 #2

I could not bare to watch. How was that idiot Graham's prayer? Missn-Hitch Jan 2017 #3

Well, Trump is also an atheist, albeit a closeted one. MineralMan Jan 2017 #4

He may not believe in a 'god' you would recognize HAB911 Jan 2017 #7

Mammon is a god. lapislzi Jan 2017 #21

Are you seriously making that claim? That orange fucker wouldn't make boil on an Atheist's ass. MindPilot Jan 2017 #25

I am an atheist. There is almost nothing all atheists have in common MineralMan Jan 2017 #27

GOP hates everything about me. lindysalsagal Jan 2017 #5

No, they hate that too... JHB Jan 2017 #26

Not interested in anything the Nazi-in-Chief had to say. InAbLuEsTaTe Jan 2017 #6

It's nothing new, we're used to idiot supremacists like him........n/t HAB911 Jan 2017 #8

I have always felt welcomed and feel no different now hack89 Jan 2017 #9

I happily missed the tRump's speech and the whole nasty spectacle. manicraven Jan 2017 #10

Gott Mitt Uns. Girard442 Jan 2017 #11

I'm sorry. Didn't watch the speech. Too busy sacrificing animals and dancing around the pentacle. Vinca Jan 2017 #12

I was already an outsider angrychair Jan 2017 #13

I agree 100%. SamKnause Jan 2017 #22

Not at all surprised that he pandered to the people that believe OriginalGeek Jan 2017 #14

Same as yesterday, same as tomorrow. Throd 2.0 Jan 2017 #15

Very, meadowlander Jan 2017 #16

Conservative Catholics and Evangelicals Sold Their Souls to The Devil HAB911 Jan 2017 #17

Horrified and terrified Piasladic Jan 2017 #18

Fine. We are legion. And I'm not going to be hysterical. nolabear Jan 2017 #19

Wait till the Christian Right Wingers in Congress start passing Religious laws.... yuiyoshida Jan 2017 #20

I remember Obama giving a nod to atheists in his inaugural speech, and appreciating it. RedWedge Jan 2017 #23

+1 Freethinker65 Jan 2017 #24

I am a Christian, and I don't feel very welcome. hamsterjill Jan 2017 #29

I am Buddhist, female, disabled, overweight, and poor. I have Doreen Jan 2017 #30