(February 12, 2015 at 9:13 pm)wiploc Wrote:(February 12, 2015 at 7:01 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Bullshit.
Facts is facts. The dictionary and common usage are on my side. The principle of charity is on my side.
You doubtless have plenty of legitimate reasons to be pissed. There's no point in overreaching in the attempt to have another one. It just reduces your credibility.
Quote: It is used as a slur a pejorative.
True. But the suggestion is that atheists should be less strident, not that we should be less violent.
Quote: There is a huge difference between being passionate and militant. A huge difference between being blunt and violent.
True again, but that doesn't mean people are saying you're violent.
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You know why I am passionate about fighting bad ideas?
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/chair...x.facebook
Now you tell me how a "fuck you" to this asshole makes me "militant"? If anything his talk harms the rights of gays and spreads bigotry.
It's a good passion. Wallow in it. Be proud of your militancy.
What the fuck was that last line about? "Pride" has nothing to do with why I employ the tactics I do. It is as stupid as expecting others to be proud you fucked and made a baby.
It is a pragmatic tactic, like putting a fire detector in your house, or aiming your penis at the toilet when you pee. Nothing to be "proud" of.
The word was "passion" not "pride".
Now considering that most of the world has some sort of belief, and all these competing countries that do not get along, all have weapons and believers that run them, tell me why I should not be passionate about the only planet I live on?
Yes, I have a passion to tell the religiously violent and those who would use law to deny equal rights to others. Yes I have a passion to question and provoke. But "wallowing" in what?
Wallowing is when you know better but still insist on clinging to bad claims, like religious homophobes and religious sexists. Wallowing is when science goes against your claims and you still insist on clinging to the past.
