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Atheists & Agnostics

EvolveOrConvolve

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3. Poe's law strikes again

Reply to Playinghardball (Original post)

Thu Jul 26, 2012, 08:07 PM

Jul 2012

My question: if the word "atheist" were replaced with "African American", "gay" or "Jew", would the paper have even published the letter? And if not, what makes atheists so different that someone can spew obvious hate about us?

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You just can't cure stupid... [View all] Playinghardball Jul 2012 OP

Oh my. That dressing down has changed me back to a Christian. Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #1

Way more accidents are caused by sober drivers than by drunk drivers. DetlefK Jul 2012 #5

I'll do you one better.... Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #6

But that would be equal to outlawing any kind of belief or non-belief. DetlefK Jul 2012 #7

So what's your point? Curmudgeoness Jul 2012 #9

A DADT-rule for religion? Doesn't sound that bad. DetlefK Jul 2012 #13

Yes, but you can hope that it walks in front of a bus kdmorris Jul 2012 #2

Poe's law strikes again EvolveOrConvolve Jul 2012 #3

Yes. Thank you. JNelson6563 Jul 2012 #4

They don't have even have a small working knowledge of history. mmonk Jul 2012 #8

typical unsupported assertions. Manifestor_of_Light Jul 2012 #10

Your mama must have written this article then. vaya con xenu Jul 2012 #11

I just found this on Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/atheists.asp Playinghardball Jul 2012 #12

This is why I love DU lindysalsagal Jul 2012 #14

Does the "Peninsula Clarion" get so few LTTEs that they have to publish this? Kolesar Jul 2012 #15

"To be an atheist, you make a conscious choice." LiberalAndProud Jul 2012 #16