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EvolveOrConvolve

(6,452 posts)
1. Good lord, I could only make it through half of the first page
Sun Jul 22, 2012, 10:35 PM
Jul 2012

Men tend to be assholes, no matter which group they're associated with. Look at 4Chan, SomethingAwful.com, etc., etc., etc.

Evoman

(8,040 posts)
4. Me neither. And I have no interest in registering.
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 02:17 AM
Jul 2012

Not that I get the point of this OP. Find some board full of assholes that are atheists. Why? To prove they can be assholes?

We already know that atheist can be assholes. They can be misogynists too. Should I go looking for boards that have christian misogynsts? Cuz I'm sure I won't be able to find one of those......

Ha...even if I did, I would get an earful about how they aren't "real christians".

dmallind

(10,437 posts)
5. Notice the glaring lack of NTS responses?
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 01:11 PM
Jul 2012

Now look at any thread liking to religious nuttery.... See the difference?

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
6. No. I was still reading the joking comments about rape that were posted
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 01:17 PM
Jul 2012

on Rationalia.com whose motto is "friendly rabid atheists (mostly)".

I'll get to rhetorical points when I'm done.

Who in their right mind can post that shit and think it's funny, let alone progressive or rational?

 

japa beads jamie

(11 posts)
7. Why do you go there?
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 04:18 PM
Jul 2012

Seriously, why do you read that garbage and share it here? What purpose does it serve any of us?

And why insult pigs?!

cbayer

(146,218 posts)
12. Back in the area where our connection is bad, so can't watch this.
Mon Jul 23, 2012, 07:08 PM
Jul 2012

Spent 2 hours last night trying to download a movie and saw about 4 minutes of it.

Anyhoo, MIRT has some library girl experts on the team and I am sure they were quick to educate the newbies.

trotsky

(49,533 posts)
14. Fortunately, the pigs in atheists communities...
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 07:26 AM
Jul 2012

are just anonymous voices being stupid on a message board.

We don't actually run an organization with trillions of dollars in assets, protect pedophiles, or officially promote (and lobby governments for) policies that are anti-women/anti-progressive/anti-gay.

So if you put that aside, yeah, it's all the same, rug...

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
19. That's only becuse it's a small minority.
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 10:21 AM
Jul 2012

I seriously doubt there is anything about atheism per se that prevents these attitudes should it achieve state power.

edhopper

(33,579 posts)
15. While i agree there are pigs in all communities
Tue Jul 24, 2012, 09:17 AM
Jul 2012

I think the difference is in some religious communities the behavior is institutionalized.
No atheist group i have ever been with condones child rape or the subjugation of women as a tent of the faith. I have not found an atheist community that believes in beating children or honor killings or that women should throw themselves on the pyre of their husbands, or that women should be forced to marry their rapist.
These are things in religious communities.

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