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b_b  ·  4616 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Atheism and Oppression
    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  ·  4616 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  ·  4616 days ago  ·  link  ·  
fair point :-)

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

b_b  ·  4616 days ago  ·  link  ·  
Like I said, I have no frame of reference; just playing devil's advocate.