Re: Atheism vs Anti-theism
Orecha has a good point and a good metaphor there. It's like a the vegetarian/carnivore debate.
I eat meat but I was a vegetarian for years, so I've seen this one from both sides. As a vegetarian, often you are surrounded by those militant vegans who are naked, throwing paint on people, screaming meat is murder. But most vegetarians just want to eat their beans in peace. Seriously.
Most carnivores couldn't care less what you eat. Don't want steak? Awesome, more for me, but they do get twitchy when some throws paint on them and tells them they are a murderer. But some carnivores run around shouting about how all vegetarians are going to get fat and die and they sounds like idiots.
So eventually, both sides get touchy. They just assume the other side of the debate is batshit nuts because that's the vocal minority everyone sees, because you can't miss them.
(This is leaving out the zealots; the paint flingers and meat throwing crazy people)
Don't even get me started on the dichotomy of the liberal/conservative mindsets. Holy toast, batman.
Thing is, you sit down and TALK to a person and you discover they are pretty alright. It's why I love this place. I adore people I never thought I would, considering the hype around their beliefs. But if you get through the BS, there's probably still a person under there worth knowing...or not.
These us vs. them spats seem to be herd mentality at its finest, no matter how smart you think you are on either side of the fence, you are still just grazing on the fodder of rhetoric.
Orecha has a good point and a good metaphor there. It's like a the vegetarian/carnivore debate.
I eat meat but I was a vegetarian for years, so I've seen this one from both sides. As a vegetarian, often you are surrounded by those militant vegans who are naked, throwing paint on people, screaming meat is murder. But most vegetarians just want to eat their beans in peace. Seriously.
Most carnivores couldn't care less what you eat. Don't want steak? Awesome, more for me, but they do get twitchy when some throws paint on them and tells them they are a murderer. But some carnivores run around shouting about how all vegetarians are going to get fat and die and they sounds like idiots.
So eventually, both sides get touchy. They just assume the other side of the debate is batshit nuts because that's the vocal minority everyone sees, because you can't miss them.
(This is leaving out the zealots; the paint flingers and meat throwing crazy people)
Don't even get me started on the dichotomy of the liberal/conservative mindsets. Holy toast, batman.
Thing is, you sit down and TALK to a person and you discover they are pretty alright. It's why I love this place. I adore people I never thought I would, considering the hype around their beliefs. But if you get through the BS, there's probably still a person under there worth knowing...or not.
These us vs. them spats seem to be herd mentality at its finest, no matter how smart you think you are on either side of the fence, you are still just grazing on the fodder of rhetoric.
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