Atheists make up three percent of the population, and are the most hated group, so sayest the program I just had the misfortune of seeing. It started out with a 'moving documentary' section, where they showed a couple who had been forced to move from their small town because of discrimination against their atheism. They didn't show their faces in the first part... then showed them after for some reason. I don't know, I guess it was for dramatic effect in the beginning. Anyhow, after that, they showed these people having a viewpoint debate on atheism and its affect on America in the newsroom.
All of them were Christians. One of them seemed to advocate the position of leave the atheists alone, if they don't bother you. The other said that atheists should shut the hell up and quit whining, because they were getting what they deserved for all their persecution of Christians and removing prayer from schools and all that. One said the stupidest thing I have ever heard on a news show (which, you know, assumes CNN is a news show... and says a lot, considering how stupid the other two people were being) - she said thank god we had such strong Christians here, or else we'd be like Europe - completely overun by those Islamics.
Oh, also, they claimed that 3% of the population was atheist, therefore 97% love the lord. What about agnostics? What about pagans? What about Jews? What about Buddhists? Uh... yeah. You go, debaters.
Wow, CNN... I really feel informed about the issues now. At least I get to claim I'm the most hated minority- which is pretty cool. Sorry everyone else who falls into the non-Christian demographic- unless you're also an atheist, America loves you more than they love me.
- Mood:
hated
Profile
![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
charisma- L(aura) Cushing
- Laura Cushing Dot Com
Page Summary
- speakuponetime : (no subject) [+1]
- oneworldvision : (no subject) [+2]
- wyrdmuse : (no subject) [+0]
- django24 : (no subject) [+0]
- moth2fic : (no subject) [+0]
- hai_kah_uhk : (no subject) [+0]
- serise : ! [+0]
- snoogley : (no subject) [+0]
- doctor_frank : (no subject) [+0]
- saber_rider : (no subject) [+0]
- classyathiest : What a crock [+0]
Comments
from a fellow Atheist. Though I sometimes prefer to call mself a Humanist as it has more positive connotations and isn't just a reaction. We're not hated in Europe, so far as I know - we even get serious prime time TV documentaries devoted to us. And no way are we overrun by Islam here! They're another minority, suffering because of the fear of terrorism with which they're mistakenly linked.
When you add feminism, anti-racism, trade unionism etc to the Atheist label, I probably offend a lot of people - but then they offend me!
I imagine I'm exempt from any of these statistics. My spirituality doesn't offend anyone - it just confuses them. Not a joke! I even had occasion to test it on a minister's wife, and she mostly just stammered in reply. Now she's somewhat wary of me, though not straight-out afraid. Because I'm not an a-anything. I believe in everything! It's a hobby. Hee.
seven
six
four
three/nine
zero/six
So call me!
*hugs*
Leslie
The couple at the beginning of the segment is not the same as the couple later on. The second (shown) couple is another atheist family interviewed about their life as atheists. So far, it's fair journalism, to get a different view on the matter from a similar group.
Also, I'm pretty sure that Debbie Schlussel is Jewish.
Bravo to CNN for having a balanced panel. Who's obviously a good counter to two religious white women? A black male sportscaster. Sheesh. And fans of Fox News claim CNN is part of a liberal, leftist bias.
Could you imagine... If the segment had been on homosexuals being discriminated against... and the panelists had been a red-neck gay basher, an evangelical x-tian, and a man who had been raped in prison by a group of homosexuals... then the host allows the group to go on and on about how gays just need to sit down and shut up... and someone should give them a Hallmark card... and if they don't want to be discriminated against, they should stay in the closet.
Could you imagine if the story had been on discrimination against blacks and someone had said *Well.. this is a white nation... That is why we don't have the things going on in America that are going on in many African nations... the genocide and slaughtering of women and children... because we have strong white people who fight... and blacks are weak.. and they should just sit down and shut up!*...
If the guy wanted proof that we are the most hated group... hey man... look to your right... then look to your left. Watch the eyes turn red and the heads spin and spew out hatred and rage at the mere notion that someone doesn't worship an invisible friend. "Burn the witches!!!"
I am just sickened at the whole thing. I will not watch CNN again.