Atheists & Agnostics

iverglas

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13. and I just served on that jury ;)

Sun Jan 8, 2012, 04:06 PM

Jan 2012

Haven't seen the outcome yet. My comments are signed.

Could I just point out that the cartoon is easily generalizable and there may be some reading who identify with the poor atheist in the cartoon (I do, as a member of the group -- not so much as an individual, since being Canadian I never run into this kind of thing in real life) who might do well to consider that.

As a feminist, I have lived that scenario for, oh, over four decades now ... and continue to live it at DU regularly. Why, just yesterday, I was being called (directly or as a member of the group) an hysteric, a pearl-clutcher, a Puritan, a prude, gripped by frothy rage, an advocate of censorship, blah de blah de blah. None of it true, all of it noise to drown out dissent and prevent discourse.

What's sauce for the atheist is sauce for the feminist, the activists for LGBT rights, the activist for the rights of people of colour and other minorities ... hell, the gun control advocate ...

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WHOA!!! ATHEISTS!!! Take a chill pill!!! [View all] backscatter712 Jan 2012 OP

LOL! frogmarch Jan 2012 #1

Perfect. +infinity! cleanhippie Jan 2012 #2

next we'll start a war right? stuntcat Jan 2012 #3

That cartoon describes some of the... EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2012 #4

I've been through that myself. Quartermass Jan 2012 #5

I can rec this! n/t MarkCharles Jan 2012 #6

Perfection!!!! nt aka-chmeee Jan 2012 #7

Nicely done! rexcat Jan 2012 #8

Heheh sakabatou Jan 2012 #9

K&R Scuba Jan 2012 #10

Please cross post this... PassingFair Jan 2012 #11

OK! n/t backscatter712 Jan 2012 #12

and I just served on that jury ;) iverglas Jan 2012 #13

It must have been left unhidden. PassingFair Jan 2012 #14

flamebait iverglas Jan 2012 #15

The alerter posted in the thread over at the Religion group EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2012 #16

I think it's clear that Rug was the other alerter.... PassingFair Jan 2012 #17

No, I didn't alert on it. rug Jan 2012 #18

Well that's comforting. nt PassingFair Jan 2012 #20

Were your ears burning, or do you lurk here? laconicsax Jan 2012 #21

I subscribe here. rug Jan 2012 #22

I'm just curious why you, a Christian, read this group. laconicsax Jan 2012 #23

I'm interested in the topic. rug Jan 2012 #24

What's your interest? EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2012 #25

I am not now nor have ever been one, Senator. rug Jan 2012 #26

I'm suggesting that this is probably not the best place for you EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2012 #42

Thank you for your concern. rug Jan 2012 #45

To the contrary EvolveOrConvolve Jan 2012 #46

What do you try to gain by reading these threads? laconicsax Jan 2012 #27

I get a better perspective of atheism on other sites. rug Jan 2012 #28

Ah, so you're not interested in the topic so much as the people. laconicsax Jan 2012 #29

Not really. rug Jan 2012 #30

Do you actually know who the people are? laconicsax Jan 2012 #31

To the extent they post on the rest of DU as well as here. rug Jan 2012 #32

You make it sound like stalking. laconicsax Jan 2012 #33

Neither. rug Jan 2012 #34

I dropped in on those a couple times on DU2 and was underwhelmed by the lack of activity. laconicsax Jan 2012 #35

"Living with atheism is as problematic as living with religion."? How would you know? mr blur Jan 2012 #36

I've heard it right here many times. rug Jan 2012 #37

Link, or it didn't happen. n/t laconicsax Jan 2012 #38

Why don't you look at the cartoon at the top of this thread. rug Jan 2012 #41

I'll take that as an admission that you made it up. n/t laconicsax Jan 2012 #43

Believe what makes you happy. rug Jan 2012 #44

Wrong group for that... n/t deacon_sephiroth Jan 2012 #47

there may have been more than one alert iverglas Jan 2012 #19

I feel very sorry for Juror #6 RueVoltaire Jan 2012 #39

lol, K&R Soylent Brice Jan 2012 #40

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