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In reply to the discussion: Hi. I'm a militant atheist. Do you fear me? [View all]stone space
(6,498 posts)45. This isn't about Domestic Terrorists like Craig Hicks.
Another guy thinks the thread is about Nazis.
It is about the demonization of militant atheists here at DU, and how some here seek to force us into the closet.
And are you going to respond to those pictures ever? Is that representative of what you feel as a militant atheist?
Internet memes posted by you are unlikely to ever be representative of what I feel as a militant atheist.
They are more likely to reflect what you feel.
What I feel is more likely to be represented by what I post, not what you post.
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When did the preferred adjective for atheists change from "rabid" to "militant"?
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#7
seriously? 64 years old somehow I haven't heard that one until now.. but I tend to use the term ...
2banon
Feb 2015
#59
I think the whole problem is that you don't mean the word the same way others understand it.
Rainforestgoddess
Feb 2015
#8
Your insistence on fighting a (losing) battle over the semantics of "militant"
Maedhros
Feb 2015
#79
I don't fear you and congrats on someone starting a mocking thread in the other room.
hrmjustin
Feb 2015
#84
Well i am not going to judge how they run their room but the threads speak for themselves
hrmjustin
Feb 2015
#94
I honestly hope you get a straight answer, because I'm at a loss. n/t
Rainforestgoddess
Feb 2015
#101
OK, I'm getting the picture. You are these two things but they are not related to
cbayer
Feb 2015
#121
If you self identify with a term that's insulting to atheists and is used by violent atheists
EvolveOrConvolve
Feb 2015
#130
Oh, I get it. You're comparing your experiences here to stigmatization homosexuals face.
Act_of_Reparation
Feb 2015
#143
An absurd and self-indulgent thread, moderators would have removed it back in the day.
NYC_SKP
Feb 2015
#166