Reply #59: I know black people that have never had a problem as well [View All]

[Az]

Doesn't mean there isn't a problem.

This is an issue that is a bit irritating to atheists. We see polls stating that all things being equal 65% of the people would vote against us if it were known we were an atheist. We experience the things we do. And then someone tells us its just an isolated incident. Yeah... I have a list of isolated incidents. I have friends that have been assaulted, fired, and marginalized in other ways. True... its not the experience of all atheists. But the simple fact remains that atheists are the reigning permissible group to hate in the US.

Consider what would happen to a tv show that taught that black people were the problem with society. What if a billboard claimed that women were evil. Yet these things happen every day regarding atheists. I bet I can flip through the cable tv right now and find someone saying something nasty about nonbelievers.

Name one elected official that in an open atheist. Name one nice character on TV that is an open atheist. So yeah ... isolated incident except for the fact that no one dares mention they are an atheist in public.... particularly if they have a public image to maintain.