(November 2, 2009 at 6:31 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: What you're doing is masking your extremism. That's where fundamentalism begins, with the respectable face. That for now you settle in a 'reasonable' camp does not dilute the strength of your message. You seem discontent that people, not extremists, call you on your extremism. That's because what you're promoting is disgusting and couldn't take off if everyone knew your real motives.
And exactly what is extreme about my activism? That I dare do what others have not the courage or opportunity?
None, including you, can say what it is that I do that is horrible. And the fact that I give the effort 110% doesn't make the effort wrong either.
Those who distance themselves from me do not do so because they think I am doing something evil. They are distancing themselves for their own protection, that is all. I understand that and even encourage them to not participate.
I can think of many so-called extremists who were on the right side of issues. Martin Luther King comes to mind as well as Nelson Mandela. Neither were evil. But many distanced themselves from them for their own protection. Being a so-called extremist, fanatic or troublemaker does not in itself mean someone is bad or that their actions are bad. It might simply mean they have a lot of conviction about what they are doing and are willing to put their life in harms way if necessary to get the job done.
I take great care in my behavior so that I cannot be the target of valid criticism. But like AAI, that doesn't really matter. Those who disagree with me or them will make false accusations anyway.
If you think you can make a valid case against me, do it. Otherwise, you're just another liar out to smear someone whose voice you'd like to silence.
As for me, I am proud of what I have done and what I will do in the future. And I do not do it in the name of atheism. I do it in the name of freedom, equality and social justice. Something you have little appreciation for.
