On internet debate.

[Aoi Magi]

Because you are the type of atheist who is not likely to seek out a debate, the effect is that Christians mostly have encounters with hard atheists as opposed to agnostic atheists. These are also the type of atheist least likely to be aware of the distinction, and therefore the least rational. It has the same effect of painting atheists with a broad brush as shitty Christians do for more rational ones.

I would argue that if we were talking about sheer numbers, Christians are much more likely to suffer persecution in the real world than atheists, but I'll refrain from opening a debate about that.

To an actual Christian or any religious person engaged in a debate or a religious argument, the other person would seem like a "hard atheist" because by nature of a debate, the opposition would seek to counter all his propositions and not simply nod and agree.

As for who suffers persecution in real life, the stats are quite evident on that, but I doubt it is a case of "the grass is greener on the other side".