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AtheistCrusader

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30. I've said worse here, about political foes.

Reply to rug (Reply #28)

Mon Sep 29, 2014, 06:57 PM

Sep 2014

I usually reserve it for the problematic individuals, and not their kids or whatever, though.

Different people approach these things differently.
Someday, George W Bush or Dick Cheney are going to die. General Discussion will be REAL interesting on that day.

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If Atheists Want to Change Perceptions, They Need to Stop Acting Like This [View all] rug Sep 2014 OP

Not surprised. Wait Wut Sep 2014 #1

pffffffttt. .. Trajan Sep 2014 #2

The Internet - you will not find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. [n/t] Maedhros Sep 2014 #3

OK - how does he know these people are atheists? rurallib Sep 2014 #4

"some of the comments about the story in secular Facebook groups I belong to" rug Sep 2014 #11

Which requires one accept the post at face value. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #17

This is the author's rebuke. rug Sep 2014 #18

Well, at least one other member clicked like within three hours. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #19

We have at least one poster okasha Sep 2014 #36

These assholes are idiots Politicalboi Sep 2014 #5

They don't seem like atheists I know. longship Sep 2014 #6

I can count on one hand the number of internet atheists who hear any semblance to an actual atheist. rug Sep 2014 #9

Because god doesn't kill people phil89 Sep 2014 #7

. rug Sep 2014 #8

The cartoon response phil89 Oct 2014 #39

hmm, "if blacks want to change perceptions, they need to stop acting like this" unblock Sep 2014 #10

Ok, post the sites where they're chortling over dead babies. rug Sep 2014 #12

huh? unblock Sep 2014 #16

1 out of every 5 people is an asshole. arcane1 Sep 2014 #13

Hmmm, 10 people have posted in this thread so far. rug Sep 2014 #14

Uh-oh! arcane1 Sep 2014 #15

Are you sure these are atheists or just run of the mill assholes? Arkansas Granny Sep 2014 #20

It's really not a binary question. rug Sep 2014 #22

Why would anyone assume atheists wrote those comments? procon Sep 2014 #21

Why would anyone assume anyone posting on an explicitly atheist site is not? rug Sep 2014 #23

Nothing on facebook is ever fabricated for any purpose. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #24

Inconceivable. rug Sep 2014 #25

I give it props for the 'trains run on time' joke being attributed to the correct country. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #27

I've seen worse right here. rug Sep 2014 #28

I've said worse here, about political foes. AtheistCrusader Sep 2014 #30

Seriously? procon Sep 2014 #26

Ah, so a genuine atheist would never type such things. rug Sep 2014 #29

As an atheist,I could give a rat's ass about perception of me being an atheist. A theist's djean111 Sep 2014 #31

To paraphrase my religious friends when confronted with the batshit nuttiness propagated proudly by aka-chmeee Sep 2014 #32

Many people here, there, and everywhere edgineered Sep 2014 #33

I've seen that shit right here on DU. cbayer Sep 2014 #34

I have heard the "God must have needed another angel"... 3catwoman3 Sep 2014 #35

You can blame Renaissance and Baroque painters for that one. okasha Sep 2014 #37

console, deride, or derogate? edgineered Sep 2014 #38