Facebook Says Exalting Violence Against Atheists Is Not Hate Speech

[Mudhammam]

I think you guys are missing the point. Yes it's a dumb, cheesy story, and no it's not particularly vulgar, but this post actually glorifies physically assaulting an Atheist for attempting to demonstrate his non-belief. The reason this is hate speech is because it encourages Christians to attack you! When I saw this story, it had over 60,000 likes. If Christians continue to treat attacking Atheists as a behavior that should be celebrated and cheered, then sooner or later, some of them are going to start thinking it's a good idea to try it in real life.

Have you visited the Religion forum here lately? Do you think a silly story about a Marine socking an atheist is more likely to create an environment of tribalism and sectarian tension than the denigrating stereotypes and vicious insults nonbelievers regularly espouse? Do you want censorship of provocative speech?