Atheists & Agnostics
Related: About this forumSo how are all you bigoted vicious promulgators of ignorance and bigotry?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/121832274#post2I guess I'm not totally surprised that this post wasn't hidden. I alerted but just got back the message that it was left alone 3-3. Does anyone have the full jury results?
dimbear
(6,271 posts)today, or for my usual narcissistic display of quaint erudition and liberal outrage .........???
It's a quandary.
kdmorris
(5,649 posts)kdmorris
(5,649 posts)I was thinking that, in honor of Father's Day, I'd go for a less vicious promulgation though... you know, so that people can enjoy themselves for this one day.
EvolveOrConvolve
(6,452 posts)To say that DU atheists are "vicious promulgators of ignorance and bigotry" is just dumb.
dimbear
(6,271 posts)you attack it, it defends itself.
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)At Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:28 AM you sent an alert on the following post:
He's correct. At least on DU, 'atheists' are some of the most vicious promulgators of ignorance
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1218&pid=32278
REASON FOR ALERT:
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See <a href="http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=aboutus#communitystandards" target="_blank">Community Standards</a>.)
YOUR COMMENTS:
Substitute "Christian" for "Atheist" and tell me this post wouldn't be hidden. This is over the top and has no place on DU. These are the posts that make DU suck.
JURY RESULTS
A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:40 AM, and voted 3-3 to LEAVE IT ALONE.
Juror #1 voted to HIDE IT and said: Broad-brush and inappropriate attack against a sub-set of DUers... (-- Petronius)
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Although I agree that it is a ridiculous statement, it doesn't seem hide worthy.
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: Substitute "Christian" for "Atheist" and it looks like 50% of the Religion forum. I'm generally in the nonbeliever camp myself, but I don't see any bigotry or broad-brushed assertions: "some of the most...", "...are often far, far worse...", etc.
Juror #4 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT and said: No explanation given
Juror #6 voted to HIDE IT and said: yuck
Thank you.
eqfan592
(5,963 posts)2ndAmForComputers
(3,527 posts)No. He's not. He's lying. Whoever he is, and I don't care who he is, he's lying.
laconicsax
(14,860 posts)eqfan592
(5,963 posts)laconicsax
(14,860 posts)JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)That line of crap always reminds me of the C-SPAN callers who always like to claim; "I'm a lifelong Democrat but....*insert bullshit*....." What's adorable is how clever they think they are. *sigh*
Julie
laconicsax
(14,860 posts)JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)2ndAmForComputers
(3,527 posts)Yeah, adorable, in an "ugly cute" way. Sorta.
Rainforestgoddess
(436 posts)Really have been here for a long time but only lurking. I lurked in the old DU because I couldn't post in a group without donating. Got into that habit, so have mostly lurked since the new DU started up too.
That being said - I like pugs, though I wouldn't want to look like one.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)Though they like to make the claim.
Isn't it great non-donors can post in groups now? It's one of my favorite things about the switch to DU3.
Glad you're posting! Hope to see more of you!
Julie
Rainforestgoddess
(436 posts)to be able to post too. Though just getting some great links and things to read/watch made it worthwhile to keep popping in anyway.
I don't think I'll ever be a prolific poster, but might chime in once in a while.
Margaret
EvolveOrConvolve
(6,452 posts)We're a grumpy bunch but we mostly mean well.
Rainforestgoddess
(436 posts)not to worry, I'm grumpy too, so I'm sure I'll fit in just fine.
Let me know if there's a sycophant/toady position opening up sometime. I make great cookies.
Warren Stupidity
(48,181 posts)evidence for that poster's explicit attack on atheists here. The poster made an assertion of fact and then fled. Hiding the post gives the poster the out of not being able to respond.
frogmarch
(12,162 posts)Did I understand that correctly? If I did, well, I am offended. Oh, wait. haha.
Maybe certain posters who happen to be atheists have made crude remarks about the LGBT community, but if they have, I am unaware of it. I am pretty sure none have done this while carrying the Atheist Flag our waving Our Banner.
muriel_volestrangler
(101,424 posts)It has nothing to do with what DU atheists say, just like Free Republic has nothing to do with what DU Christians say, but that doesn't seem to stop that poster mentioning it as if it means something.
laconicsax
(14,860 posts)American Atheists is an organization of atheists.
The League of Militant Atheists was an organization of atheists.
Therefore American Atheists is a dangerous example of organized atheism that may murder people if they get their way.
JNelson6563
(28,151 posts)That's like saying "All Christians suck!1!" and referencing a Phelps website or Betty Bowers or something to back it up.
Where I come from they call that a "stinky pantload".
Julie
Goblinmonger
(22,340 posts)I'm going to use that with my high school students.
frogmarch
(12,162 posts)Sort of.
citysyde
(74 posts)a web board like this one, expressing my opinion. (Well, maybe I go a little further, see below.)
I don't attack my 90 year old next door neighbor, who goes to church somewhere every Sunday.
I take care of her plants and her cat when she is away for a few days.
I bake pies and give her one, or a few leftover fruit pastry treats, (she gets meals on wheels, which I deliver to her door two days a month as my volunteer job.) I treat her better than any closet atheist I deliver to in the meals on wheels program in our small town.
I have no animosity for people who choose to believe in magic, in a guy in the sky. I actually care a lot for the older ones among them.
But I won't stand for someone running for office talking about God or Jesus, I challenge them. I make them look silly. I go to their events and ask why they are invoking their religion as justification for votes. I have been booed for doing so, but I make my point. We who do not choose to believe have an obligation to stand up to stupidity of school board candidates, selectmen, candidates for state or federal office, we need to put them on the spot. I do my part, do each of you?
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addicted to or characterized by vice; grossly immoral; depraved; profligate: a vicious life.
2.
given or readily disposed to evil: a vicious criminal.
3.
reprehensible; blameworthy; wrong: a vicious deception.
4.
spiteful; malicious: vicious gossip; a vicious attack.
5.
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Rob H.
(5,359 posts)...and offered to provide links to prove it vanished from the thread. Then again, there's someone else in the ensuing subthread saying that the truth of that claim is self-evident, so no links are really necessary. There's a shocker.
laconicsax
(14,860 posts)cynatnite
(31,011 posts)Which I was gonna agree with up until I read "anti gay". That stopped me dead in my tracks.
That should have been hidden. The jury got it wrong.