(July 14, 2015 at 4:39 am)Neimenovic Wrote:(July 14, 2015 at 1:18 am)Randy Carson Wrote: Let's use one of y'all favorite images. Suppose a person who believed in unicorns showed up in the forum like I did, and started posting arguments for the existence of unicorns. Do you think that person would be the recipient of the vile memes, videos, language and blasphemy that were and are thrown at me on a daily basis?
Yes! Of course yes! Are you really that deep in your fucking persecution complex that you seriously believe we would not ridicule any ideas other than yours?
Jesud fuck, get over yourself Randy. Maybe you'd have more respectful responses if you stopped being so insufferable all the time.
We would probably think the unicorn believers were insane and needed help. The reason that we don't think that Christians, who believe in something equally bizarre, are crazy is because faith in religion gets a pass in our culture.
If the unicorn believer wanted to justify rape or slavery using some sort of holy text, he or she would be met with outrage and disgust. Further if the same unicorn believer used his faith as an excuse to try to prevent fair treatment of others, they would be justifiably mocked on this site. If you added that unicorn believers had killed each other and nonbelievers in the past, I think that they would be viewed as a potentially dangerous group and might be called a terrorist organization. It wouldn't matter that many are peaceful, most people would be terrified of them.
