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Does anybody wear Atheist Clothing?
May 24, 2015 at 12:51 am
Just ordered myself one of these:
Now obviously I'm not going to wear it to Grandma's house, or hand out fliers on a street corner like a douche. But I liked the design, and I feel I have the right to casually wear something representing what I believe (or don't believe as the case may be).
The listed meaning for this one is apparently "Militant Atheist".
Part of me wonders if I just wasted 23$, considering I live in Nebraska. Nothing like the "Conservative Midwest". I'll have to leave this one at home when I collect job applications.
Is this trouble waiting to happen? Do you wear something similar, or more subtle? 
The wife doesn't seem to mind and may yet order her own. 
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RE: Does anybody wear Atheist Clothing?
May 24, 2015 at 1:07 am
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I ordered this when somebody made these to help out Rebecca Vitsmun, the woman that Blitzer said "You've got to believe in God" or some such thing, after she survived a tornado in Oklahoma. After a while, I gave it up, though. I had heard that the woman in charge of the shirts was having some sort of financial or intellectual property disagreement with her.
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RE: Does anybody wear Atheist Clothing?
May 24, 2015 at 1:23 am
Other than concert t-shirts and the occasional humorous one (this is my favorite):
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I don't wear a lot of... words on my clothing. I'm thinking about it now, though. I do love my tshirts; why not add an atheist one of some sort?
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RE: Does anybody wear Atheist Clothing?
May 24, 2015 at 1:26 am
ALL of my clothing is atheist clothing. None of it believes in gods.
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RE: Does anybody wear Atheist Clothing?
May 24, 2015 at 1:49 am
(May 24, 2015 at 1:26 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: ALL of my clothing is atheist clothing. None of it believes in gods.
Boru
Yeah that was a issue a while back. You see my christian T-shirts decided they didn't like my clothes from a Jewish designer. Something about killing sweater Jesus or something. So yeah they tried to burn my Jewish clothing. Now I make sure all clothes are atheist.
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RE: Does anybody wear Atheist Clothing?
May 24, 2015 at 2:54 am
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(May 24, 2015 at 1:26 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: ALL of my clothing is atheist clothing. None of it believes in gods.
Boru
You totally stole my joke I was about to make
I don't have anything specifically atheist, although I don't think it would draw a lot of attention where I live. Would be kick ass though.
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RE: Does anybody wear Atheist Clothing?
May 24, 2015 at 3:05 am
I got these for the newest hole in my head. Not clothing, but...
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RE: Does anybody wear Atheist Clothing?
May 24, 2015 at 5:47 am
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Where I live, if you're white and don't have a foreign accent, you're assumed vague-theist/deist/atheist until stated otherwise, so there would be no point. If I lived somewhere where atheists were mistrusted, I like to think I would carry some kind of identifier, probably a button with a positive message that wasn't hostile or condescending towards theists like many atheist messages I've seen on Cafepress. I appreciate the frustration and desire for retaliation atheists in many countries must feel but personally I would remember that most theists are well-meaning, and avoid alienating the more open-minded ones with provocative anti-theist statements. I'd go for something like 'atheists for peace' or 'proud to be a kind, compassionate atheist' or 'Good without God' .
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RE: Does anybody wear Atheist Clothing?
May 24, 2015 at 5:50 am
You mean something like this?
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RE: Does anybody wear Atheist Clothing?
May 24, 2015 at 5:58 am
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I can think of at least two buyers for a short like that, on this site alone, lol.
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