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For example, have you ever been ashamed about being an atheist and so modified your behaviour in a certain way just to avoid the subject?

No, I never did - if asked or if the conversation went a certain way. I'm me and if you can't deal with that, I'm probably better of without you (not you personally, of course, but in a general way).

Some 18 years ago, I had some conversation and it turned to jew bashing. I proudly mentioned my own jewish heritage, not because I'm actually proud of the coincidence of birth or both of my grandfathers having been jewish, but because to point out the bullshit argument this is. Blaming someone just for the coincidence of birth. It told me something about the people I was talking to, and that I didn't have that much in common with them as I thought.

There are matters I can't keep quiet about when they come up. I would hate myself if I idly sat by to watch hate- and fear mongering happen.