r/neoliberal • u/ghhewh Anne Applebaum • Aug 11 '24

Richard Dawkins lied about the Algerian boxer, then lied about Facebook censoring him Opinion article (non-US)

https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/richard-dawkins-lied-about-the-algerian
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u/pulkwheesle unironic r/politics user Aug 11 '24

I'm not even talking about people like Dawkins, but how there's a trend of referring to atheists in general as 'le Reddit atheists' or 'cringe.'

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u/Zerce Aug 12 '24

To be fair, this is probably the wrong site to be on to avoid accusations of "Reddit atheist"

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u/pulkwheesle unironic r/politics user Aug 12 '24

Yeah, but there's nothing similar happening to theists. There's not some trend/meme where people say, 'Wow, you expressed your religious views in public? Haha, what a cringe Reddit theist!' Our culture has been so deeply influenced and infiltrated by religion that people don't even see the hypocrisy.

The vast majority of people who identify as agnostics are actually just atheists, but are afraid to admit it. There is a massive anti-atheist bias still.

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u/Zerce Aug 12 '24

Yeah, but there's nothing similar happening to theists.

I remember "Jesus freaks" being a term back in the day, but maybe I'm old.