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Not this trope; and is the consequence actually stated anywhere? (Or is it a case of NoEndorHollocaust?)
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Not this trope; and is the consequence actually stated anywhere? (Or is it a case of NoEndorHolocaust?)
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Why? For a few reasons. First, yes it\'s probably true, but that\'s not why the phrase was bigoted. It was bigoted because it\'s essentially trying to \'\'justify\'\' these stereotypes of atheists based on \
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Why? For a few reasons. First, yes it\\\'s probably true, but that\\\'s not why the phrase was bigoted. It was bigoted because it\\\'s essentially trying to \\\'\\\'justify\\\'\\\' these stereotypes of atheists based on \\\"Well some of them really are like that.\\\" It would be like trying to justify the GreedyJew stereotype because there are really some greedy Jews out there.
Second, \\\"Some portion of this particular group happens to be made up of assholes\\\" is true of \\\'\\\'any\\\'\\\' group, no matter how you slice it. It\\\'s basically PeopleSitOnChairs applied to Real Life. Therefore, there\\\'s really no reason it needs to be said \\\'\\\'in particular\\\'\\\' about atheists.
This one is more personal for me, but third is that I feel like it takes a lot less for an atheist (as well as really any other minority group) to be labelled an \\\"asshole\\\" or \\\"militant\\\". To some religious people, [[http://www.kcci.com/r/20298174/detail.html the very mention of atheists]] is \\\"offensive\\\". This makes the statement even worse, in my mind, because these \\\"asshole atheists\\\" the writer was supposedly drawing from may have just been someone who was an atheist and dared to be outspoken about it.
Second, \\\"Some portion of this particular group happens to be made up of assholes\\\" is true of \\\'\\\'any\\\'\\\' group, no matter how you slice it. It\\\'s basically PeopleSitOnChairs applied to Real Life. Therefore, there\\\'s really no reason it needs to be said \\\'\\\'in particular\\\'\\\' about atheists.
This one is more personal for me, but third is that I feel like it takes a lot less for an atheist (as well as really any other minority group) to be labelled an \\\"asshole\\\" or \\\"militant\\\". To some religious people, [[http://www.kcci.com/r/20298174/detail.html the very mention of atheists]] is \\\"offensive\\\". This makes the statement even worse, in my mind, because these \\\"asshole atheists\\\" the writer was supposedly drawing from may have just been someone who was an atheist and dared to be outspoken about it.
