(August 10, 2009 at 11:25 am)The_Truth Wrote:Exactly how are they discriminating by throwing insults? If I told a black man he was a "bastard", I am not being discriminatory. If I told a black man "you are a bastard because you are black", I am being racist and bigoted, but still not discriminatory. If I told a black man "you cannot buy things from my store because you are black", I am being discriminatory.(August 10, 2009 at 11:04 am)Tiberius Wrote: Do you actually understand the definition of discrimination? Insulting someone / claiming they are evil is not discrimination. Inhibiting their rights because they have some characteristic (e.g. religion) is discrimination.When an atheist slanders or insults God, and his believers. They are discriminating against them.
In short, it is only discrimination when you are withholding rights from someone due to a specific characteristic. Please explain how insulting theists is somehow withholding their rights. If it is, I could rightly say that theists do the same thing when they tell atheists they are going to hell (which can be viewed as a very insulting thing to say).
