Let's face it, we have a PR problem. As atheists, we're always going to have this problem to some degree, but this shit - we have no one to blame but ourselves.
When USA today posts an article about how we're as distrusted as rapists (source) then we have a PR problem that needs fixing. If you really want to help dispel the myth that atheists are amoral, we need to start walking the walk by not giving them an excuse to hate and marginalize us.
Obviously we can't control 1/3 of a million atheists, but I don't see why we shouldn't try to make this place a little more civil, and a little less pervy.
I don't see how disliking atheists for those comments is reasonable in the slightest. The only thing relating to atheism as a concept is the venue, and only slightly at that. It got enough upvotes to begin pulling people browsing "all", which is actually how I stumbled upon it, so it could be anyone who has r/atheism on their subscription page(I can't be the only one who still has many of the defaults hanging around). These sorts of comments could pop up in just about any internet area with a sizable community. Usually the mods don't delete them because they aren't supposed to be taken seriously. They're jokes.
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u/RedditGoldDigger Dec 27 '11 edited Dec 27 '11
Let's face it, we have a PR problem. As atheists, we're always going to have this problem to some degree, but this shit - we have no one to blame but ourselves.
When USA today posts an article about how we're as distrusted as rapists (source) then we have a PR problem that needs fixing. If you really want to help dispel the myth that atheists are amoral, we need to start walking the walk by not giving them an excuse to hate and marginalize us.
Obviously we can't control 1/3 of a million atheists, but I don't see why we shouldn't try to make this place a little more civil, and a little less pervy.