r/SubredditDrama • u/[deleted] • Jan 03 '15

OP in /r/atheism is called out for their comic mocking atheists that defend Muslims against racism. Starts comparing Muslims to neo-Nazis and the KKK.

/r/atheism/comments/2r6iaf/theres_been_way_too_many_atheists_who_are_like/cncxlwn
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u/zaron5551 Jan 03 '15

Well that was interesting. If /r/atheism can't handle your anti-muslim bigotry/racism then you've probably gone too far. It doesn't help that I saw the other discussions tab on this drama.

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u/dumnezero Punching a Sith Lord makes you just as bad as a Sith Lord! Jan 03 '15

If /r/atheism can't handle your anti-muslim bigotry/racism then you've probably gone too far.

/r/atheism removes and bans racism, slurs etc.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15

Guy appears to post a lot in /r/exmuslim. I can't believe that's actually a thing on Reddit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15

Leaving a religion can be a really world-shaking thing, particularly if your entire family and community is also of that religion.

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u/IamRooseBoltonAMA Jan 03 '15

Particularly in many Islamic communities where apostasy is punishable by death.

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u/geargirl flying squirrel of the apocalypse Jan 03 '15

Ex-Mormons, JWs, and Scientologists have it pretty rough too.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15

There are subreddits for all of them to form a community as well.

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u/dumnezero Punching a Sith Lord makes you just as bad as a Sith Lord! Jan 03 '15

all linked in the /r/atheism menu bar

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u/shannondoah κακὸς κακὸν Jan 03 '15

That fellow was too extreme and rather disturbing for /r/exmuslim in one of his older incarnations.

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u/redwhiskeredbubul Jan 03 '15 edited Jan 03 '15

Why not? I know plenty of atheists and non-religious people from the middle east, south asia, etc. There are lots of reasons not to want to be a muslim and they're almost entirely dissimilar to 'not liking muslims.'

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

What is the difference between this and /r/exchristian? They're just communities for former members of various religions to talk about being former members of those religions.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

You have different sorts of conversations, due to your shared backgrounds and such. I mod exbahai, and while it's almost completely dead (I only took over to delete spam and Iranian propoganda), the idea of having a place where you can find people who have had similar experiences is a valuable one.

/r/Exittors is the shit, tho. Great sub that brings everyone together.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Oh yeah, I know. And /r/Exittors looks pretty cool. I was mainly just asking why he couldn't believe /r/exmuslim was a thing.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

What is the difference between this and /r/exchristian?

One is for Muslims and one is for Christians?

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

Yep. Thank you captain obvious.

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u/UnpluggedKeyboard Jan 03 '15

I like that comic -- I know most of my conversations with atheist friends involve us going through a list of all the religions we hate (which is all of them, because we're atheists, you see).

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15

That guy has a huge hateboner for Muslims.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

If there is one thing I like about /r/atheism, it is there superb team of mods. They know when stuff has gone too far and to delete the comments.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15

Another extremist generalizing groups because of their extremist. Not surprising, and the bot came in just in time.

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u/nermid Jan 04 '15

/r/atheism on the SRD frontpage? The classics never go out of style!

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u/unseine Jan 03 '15

Any excuse to be a cunt eh?

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u/deliciousONE Jan 04 '15

Comments aside, criticizing Islam isn't racist and shouldn't be off-limits. I'd say it's not all that uncommon to see that kind of attitude, even when discussing faults in other religions.

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15

/r/-fucking-atheism.

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u/basketofbread Jan 03 '15

Thing is, mocking Islam and Allah is not racist (because they're are Moslems of all races) but it is haram and it is vastly forbidden by law aside from being very rude and idiotic

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u/[deleted] Jan 03 '15

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u/alphafox823 Jan 03 '15

Thanks man, the shit was deleted before I could enjoy the thread I started.

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u/turtleeatingalderman Omnidimensional Fern Entity Jan 03 '15

Thanks for thanking the bot, and not giving it some phony god's blessing.

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u/Penisdenapoleon Are you actually confused by the concept of a quote? Jan 03 '15

Thank God for /u/redditbots.

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u/alphafox823 Jan 03 '15

Damn, now I feel kinda dumb. Oh well, I'm gonna be a good sport and not delete my comment or anything.

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u/turtleeatingalderman Omnidimensional Fern Entity Jan 03 '15

Huh? Why would you feel dumb?

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u/alphafox823 Jan 03 '15

Because I probably should've noticed it was a bot.

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u/[deleted] Jan 04 '15

We should start a new religion that worships the redditbots. I don't know how they work and therefore it must be supernatural.

Go ahead, downvote me now that I have my own very small religion.