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comment by khaaan
khaaan  ·  4649 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Atheism and Oppression
r/atheism does my head in and id hate to see more atheism posts on hubski its just boring it's a topic that just creates arguments and it isn't news. all you get on reddit is atheists like barking dogs letting everyone know how suppressed they are "Yawn" its mostly teenagers moaning its boring dull and doesn't achieve anything.

where i live there is a saying never talk about religion and politics

there is a time and a place for everything sometimes we need to talk about things but essential there will always be organised religion no matter how much it irritates teenagers.





b_b  ·  4649 days ago  ·  link  ·  
    all you get on reddit is atheists like barking dogs letting everyone know how suppressed they are

I've never been to that site, so I don't have a good frame of reference, but it could be that there a people who use the internet to connect with like minded individuals, because they live in a backwards or rural area where admitting to being an atheist could be a reason to be oppressed. Most of us, fortunately, don't have that problem, but I think its a real issue in some areas. Besides, teenagers often times are impelled by their parents to go to church or follow their established norms. Its good they have a place to rant. I didn't have that when I was a kid, but it would have certainly enjoyed it.

JTHipster  ·  4648 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Understandable. Unfortunately, r/atheism isn't even really that much of a place to go and rant. The good majority of its contents are posts trying to demonstrate someone being smarter than Christians. And almost exclusively Christians.

They had a "faces of atheism" awhile back, which was quite literally them posting pictures of themselves with pseudo-intellectual quotes made by themselves.

Its the same reason I'm really hesitant to admit that I like anime. The group is just painful to be associated with, and oh god the amount of circlejerking.

/rant

khaaan  ·  4648 days ago  ·  link  ·  
fair point :-)

iv'e yet to see a post about such situation but id welcome one

b_b  ·  4648 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Like I said, I have no frame of reference; just playing devil's advocate.