When I called someone out for being “delusional” and “a problem”, I was perma-banned from the r/atheism. Have I missed something? Are atheists at literal war with theists? Is it the common belief that theists are willing members of “murderous organizations”? What propaganda is being passed around atheist circles that I’ve been missing out on?
More directly, I guess, is today’s Atheism strictly about anti-Christianity? Cause that’s not where I’m coming from nor interested in going.
For added context of the conversation I was attempting to have - “everybody or nobody”; if a pride flag alone fails to represent everyone (which it inherently does), wouldn’t the proposed argument prevent hanging the flag? I thought it was a reasonable reply to the idea and was shocked by “murderous organizations” coming into play.
(I mean, people have been hanging American flags and singing the National Anthem too.)
Why should symbols represent everyone? The whole point of a symbol is to distinguish specific groups. If you support banning all symbols that support specific groups then it appears your advocating for total uniformity of humanity. If a symbol represents a specific group in a specific context that is dangerous or exploitative then ban it, I guess. For example the Swastika in a plain Buddhist context represents peace and that’s fine. A swastika in much of the world is most likely in indicator of Nazism, and thus should be banned. There’s a clear difference here. I don’t know why you’re jumping to binaries, the world isn’t binary. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_dilemma https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox_of_tolerance