Atheist extremism is bad... mkay?

[Cerrone]

I'm no fan of being PC - I believe in being polite and informed, and I truly do believe from experience that if I prove I'm speaking from a position of some knowledge and willingness to understand, being PC isn't an issue - with reasonable people. Our governments are made up of people, and unfortunately, even though we elect them on some retarded basis of them being oh-so-smart in the political arena (don't I wish that were always true), they're still human and prone to the same ignorance as the rest of us and I think it surprises people that a lot of them know no more about the cultures and religions they're supposed to be dealing with than your average american. I guess they don't have the time to do the research (heavy sarcasm, by the way). Of course, eventually you're going to run into a crazy who isn't reasonable. Then the tables turn. On most forums though...you're not dealing with a psycho dictator who holds the reins of power, or even an average dude in some position of authority, just loud-mouthed brats posting more fodder on the internet for other people to see and say "man...these guys suck..."

It's part of our culture i think that we value the charisma of the media and politicians more than people with any real intelligence, and charisma itself should be a channel for intelligence, it shouldn't be a respectable skill in and of itself, because by itself charisma is worthless. I mean, i'm sure you've been in a meaningful conversation at least once and somebody else has come along and contaminated it somehow by telling a joke or saying something stupid they think is charismatic or sociable to do. But until people are educated properly they'll keep making the wrong choices, and they'll keep thanking god that their government lets them make choices.. even if they're the wrong ones, and even if the government relies on the sheer weight of mass information to confuse people, and the if corporations use it to make money for themselves and exploit, while at the the same time the world continues to sink.

I know you can only go so far to convince people online, it's mostly about people happening to find you when they're in the right frame of mind to accept what you've got to say, but if they're people who've realised the same thing that you have and come to the same conclusions, and even if they're only one or two people who read and understand what you've said here, then i'd consider it a success.

As for the loud-mouthed brats lol, forget about them.