tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130051634356851389.post3234991909814447314..comments2023-05-18T06:22:37.546-07:00Comments on Wrong In Their Mind Tanks: The Anti-Atheist Bigotry of Alex McRaeIsThatLatinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05924587300842210000noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130051634356851389.post-6493098139572436812008-07-22T06:12:00.000-07:002008-07-22T06:12:00.000-07:00If we were to say "black people are stupid", then ...<I>If we were to say "black people are stupid", then that is bigotry. Saying "stupid people are stupid" is not. </I><BR/><BR/>Excellent point. Unfortunately, in this world 'stupid' seems to be relative, regardless that we have the facts on our side. This is why I think it's important to do whatever we can to erode the popular misconception that religion and the religious are untouchable purely by the fact of their religiosity.IsThatLatinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05924587300842210000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6130051634356851389.post-71804365505029895792008-07-21T15:03:00.000-07:002008-07-21T15:03:00.000-07:00Well put. I think there's another difference... I ...Well put. <BR/><BR/>I think there's another difference... <BR/><BR/>I noticed a few commenters saying the the whole 'you say mean things about religion, and religious people, so you're all bigots too'.<BR/><BR/>I could be wrong, but when we criticise religion, we're talking about something they actually believe, and that we (with good reason, or so it seems to us) see as being a load of old crap. Pointing out that we find their beliefs to be crap, stupid even, is not bigotry: bigotry is when we attack members of a group for something that is not linked with membership of that group. <BR/><BR/>If we were to say "black people are stupid", then that is bigotry. Saying "stupid people are stupid" is not. <BR/><BR/>But of course it suits their agenda to have any criticism of religion categorised as bigotry, or even racism. We havo to keep an eye open for that.artificialhabitathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16330841622691838367noreply@blogger.com