What's so sad about this is that what I'm about to show you is posted in the FAQ under the heading
"Who Speaks For This Site"
...and there I am, an example of how welcome atheists are - and it's been over six months since they banned me.
Banned me for being an asshole, for using words like motherfucker.
That's fine - but the forest they were standing in kept me from seeing all the trees.
Because what I saw was the following:
The rule was "don't be a jerk or a hater" - here's some quotes from the people who still post there and who obviously weren't banned for them:
"anyone without faith would likely be a suicide victim"
(I was also banned for frequently mentioning that it was precisely the kind of belittlement and disdain for my point of view that made me accept that if this is how people really saw me, I'd be doing them a favor by leaving their midst and it would surely be more peaceful for me as well to be dead and not worried about any of it)
my personal favorite, since one of the things that I was told was "unacceptable under any circumstances" was talk of suicide - this comment was made by the guy who, for six months, had gotten under my skin because he was so oblivious to the violence he did to my point of view, while playing victim when I got pissed about it.
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