Reply #49: Defend it at DU? Of course not. [View All]

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It's the people outside, and you do have to defend at least your civil rights TO THEM.

Out there, you are defendING. Here, I suggest you are defenSIVE.

Some think that discussions of religious belief in GD are fine. But by and large, by the numbers and voltage of posts, you can see that they are not.

If it seems that I am giving snide and backhanded insults to atheists, let's be clear--I am giving snide and completely forward insults to the inability to discuss religious beliefs without flaming. It's snide and critical for a good reason, and if it falls mostly on atheists, it's because they are more likely to post in the area of discussing the validity of beliefs, which are pointless and divisive.

In fact, the discussion of religious beliefs, in which I include atheism, is accepted as long as it ends up in a negative conclusion and not otherwise, and the justification is always what's going on out there--in other words, giving a DUer a little heat because they are liberal democrats and available, whereas Bush and Falwell aren't. That's incredibly contrary and unfair. The DU believer is here because they AREN'T Bush and Falwell, and would like to be on your side in political matters, if they are allowed.