I don't think trolling and mocking or acting like dicks accomplishes anything. I don't think you can annoy or bully someone into leaving behind their belief system. I was raised in a mostly secular house and came to my atheism very naturally, so I can't really speak to how a believer leaves those beliefs behind. But would think it would somewhat of an evolutionary process 
. The first thing people need to just exposure to atheism so they can learn that it is not something to be feared. I do agree about not shutting up. We should demand that our rights as non-believers be respected, but I think we can do it respectfully, regardless of how disrespectful the other side may be.
This may be an old idea, but I would be interested in a thread of stories about different people's processes of 'coming out' as an atheists, especially the ones who came from deeply religious families. I do think that there are similarities between announcing your atheism and coming out as gay. Please don't give me a long list of reasons why the 2 things are different, I know it's not a perfect analogy. If you have never seen them take a look at the It Gets Better videos, (itgetsbetter.com) What we need is more atheists telling their stories in much the same way as those videos.
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