Agnosticism for Idiots; or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the People Who Hate Atheists

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167. I don't follow Dawkins. And of course there are shades of grey.

I'm describing and, admittedly, throwing in some guarded conclusions.

There are people who seem to feel that they are being labeled or attacked for their beliefs or lack of them.

Hell if I know, but I don't see it; I see a number of people able to talk about topics in a level headed fashion, and others who post flamebait or, at least, highly provocative pieces that tend to incite argument rather than discussion.

I see other members jump into a thread to try to bait or intimidate or insult members for seemingly no reason.

Why, for example, all the crap posted against my friend who happens to live a very sustainable life on a relatively small sailboat?

It's a fracking boat, and people call it a yatch.

Such silliness, to me, is an indication of problems with socialization and in my professional experience these can often be traced to early childhood trauma.

It's not rocket science, mean behavior to innocent people in a community has it's causes.

Is it religious bigotry? Is there history? I don't know but things happen for a reason.