Atheists & Agnostics

eqfan592

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11. I have to admit that I've been fairly shocked at how entrenched the Christian privilege is...

Sat Jul 7, 2012, 09:39 AM

Jul 2012

...even here on DU. People that would normally be willing to try and place themselves in the shoes of another minority to see how things look and feel from their perspective seem totally unwilling to do the same thing when it comes to atheists and agnostics. Instead of even a basic attempt at understanding, we get ridicule (and even outright contempt), and we're told that there is simply no way we should find something offensive, or that we have a "warped sense of persecution," with the obvious undertone being that we should just sit down and shut up. Can you imagine something like that being said about any other minority?

The last month or so has really opened my eyes to some ugliness in the progressive movement.

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I'm trying Ringo. I'm trying real hard to be the shepherd. [View all] cleanhippie Jul 2012 OP

This seems to happen a lot when people are entrenched kdmorris Jul 2012 #1

We're living through a part of time when there are changes and upheavals going on. dimbear Jul 2012 #2

Great point, although I see it as the same struggle. cleanhippie Jul 2012 #3

For sure. dimbear Jul 2012 #4

I think the sticking up for ourselves is what upsets so many EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #5

Or male priviledge, for that matter. Evoman Jul 2012 #9

I have to admit that I've been fairly shocked at how entrenched the Christian privilege is... eqfan592 Jul 2012 #11

They dislike individual atheist, and they expand that dislike to the whole group Evoman Jul 2012 #14

I am 44... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #7

They do seem to be getting a "stronger stranglehold," as you say. eqfan592 Jul 2012 #10

I hope you are right... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #13

I'm not going to hold your youth against you at all. dimbear Jul 2012 #15

"And we always eventually copy them, don't we?"... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2012 #16

I've found that being nice doesn't work EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #6

You suprised they are full of shit? Evoman Jul 2012 #8

I'm thinking that an OP on the Eucharist is in order. Warren Stupidity Jul 2012 #12

The only common ground I have with fundies is what we'll both be buried under nt Taverner Jul 2012 #17