tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post1322367712309562088..comments2024-02-06T03:23:37.329-08:00Comments on No Jesus, No Peas: Still the most hated group in AmericaJames Sweethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17212877636980569324noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-41414680142525025522010-04-14T08:00:00.417-07:002010-04-14T08:00:00.417-07:00I liked Mike Huckabee's comment about how it&#...I liked Mike Huckabee's comment about how it's better to be an atheist than lie about faith, because even if you have NO MORAL CENTRE it's better than being a liar.<br /><br />If someone tells me that God is the foundation of his morals, I'm running away and not looking back, lest I be turned into a pillar of stupid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-88672697687756136422010-04-07T06:59:46.372-07:002010-04-07T06:59:46.372-07:00Yup, saw that one.
I don't want to exaggerate...Yup, saw that one.<br /><br />I don't want to exaggerate things <i>too</i> much... I think in most places in the US, atheists are more hated in theory than in practice. While it happens, particularly in small town America, you don't see a whole lot of explicitly anti-atheist discrimination in the workplace. And the ease of concealing our (lack of) beliefs -- obviously we shouldn't have to, but we have the option -- means that atheists are not particularly disenfranchised on an individual level (even though as a group we have been excluded from the political process almost completely until fairly recently).<br /><br />So it's a weird paradox... we are by many measures the most hated minority in America, yet we face very few of the issues other minority groups are forced to confront.James Sweethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17212877636980569324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1973938108988281018.post-89610716662220434692010-04-06T13:57:47.831-07:002010-04-06T13:57:47.831-07:00Unfortunately, the world is just not ready for us....Unfortunately, the world is just not ready for us. You seen this data, I presume?<br /><br />http://atheism.about.com/od/atheistbigotryprejudice/a/AtheitsHated.htm<br /><br />Just generally speaks to the sad state of affairs of all matters of equality really...Chrishttp://generallydissatisfied.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com