(September 12, 2014 at 3:14 am)Fidel_Castronaut Wrote:(September 11, 2014 at 6:45 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: It's amusing to me the perpetual raging on new members for "misunderstanding" the "atheist position" when at the same time people are prepared to berate and harass new members before having the courtesy to find out about them first before jumping to conclusions. People: They act just like you'd expect
Onus is on them to introduce themselves to us. In case you haven't noticed we get a lot of trolls coming through who like to tell is what we think and berate us for it.
That's we have an introduction section and that's why we encourage new people to use.
OP welcome.
As someone who has gone through this personally, I would say that if this is an accepted part of your social culture, you should have some bold-typed warning on the top of the forum that says "if you do not present with an atheist perspective and you do not introduce yourself first, you will be berated and harassed". Honestly, I had no clue and it totally caught me off guard. I'm used to having my opinions valued and to being treated respectfully and I really was very confused.
