# Are you a white, liberal, atheist man? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2021, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420 "2021-09-10T03:14:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/81 "2021-09-12T07:48:21Z")
Anyway, this is all a bit of a hijack, so I think we should let it lie for now. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 9:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/82 "2021-09-12T09:44:27Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > That’s a mighty wide stance you’ve got there! 😃 Yes, and sometimes it’s painful. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/83 "2021-09-12T21:58:26Z")
White? Yes, enough that my Greek Cypriot wife mocks my legs when I take off my pants. Liberal? Very, even though I’m in a southeastern state with an extremely conservative extended family. Atheist? Definitely, but courteous around others who actually have a bit of religious faith. Male? Last time I checked. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2021, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/84 "2021-09-12T22:03:49Z")
White, liberal, atheist female here. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/85 "2021-09-13T04:20:44Z")
> [@ZonexandScout](#): > > White? Yes, enough that my Greek Cypriot wife mocks my legs when I take off my pants. If that’s all she mocks when you take off your pants, you’re good. ---
**Author:** ![TwoCarrotSnowman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twocarrotsnowman/32/15879_2.png) [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 9:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/86 "2021-09-13T09:16:17Z")
I’m white. I’m liberal in the sense that I support equality and personal freedom for all. Im not especially left-wing though - I generally vote Liberal Democrat, which here in the UK is pretty much middle of the road. \* I’m atheist but not militantly so; I’m not anti-theist, and I don’t consider my lack of religious belief to be any sort of identity. I’m cis male. \*By US Overton window standards, of course, I’m very left-wing. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2021, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/87 "2021-09-13T13:14:54Z")
I’m grateful that she doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/88 "2021-09-14T19:42:49Z")
Hilariously, I clicked on the title “Are you a…” which had a voting button next to it, rather than “yes” or “no.” And 13% of the results did this too. Were there supposed to be three choices? ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/89 "2021-09-14T19:55:11Z")
That has been exhaustively explained previously in the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Limmin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@Limmin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Limmin)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2021, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/90 "2021-09-14T20:12:00Z")
> [@naita](#): > > I did the same, then clicked “see vote” and I was allowed to change it. Indeed! ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/91 "2021-09-15T14:20:44Z")
White Center or Right of Center Christian (Catholic) Woman ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/92 "2021-09-15T14:25:36Z")
Assuming that most of the people who clicked on my blunder “Are you a…” voting button meant to say “Yes,” then indeed, the slight majority (51% or so) of people who’ve voted thus far are a white, liberal, atheist man. ---
**Author:** ![Dogginit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogginit/32/16920_2.png) [@Dogginit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogginit)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/93 "2021-09-15T14:33:43Z")
White, male, atheist, registered Republican, fiscally conservative, socially a bit less. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/94 "2021-09-15T15:08:16Z")
I’m mostly white. But a libertarian theist woman, so I of course voted no. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/95 "2021-09-15T18:05:51Z")
Female, agnostic-theist, white, progressive liberal ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/96 "2021-09-15T20:24:00Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > Assuming that most of the people who clicked on my blunder “Are you a…” voting button meant to say “Yes,” then indeed, the slight majority (51% or so) of people who’ve voted thus far are a white, liberal, atheist man. It’s quite impressive that there are more white, liberal, atheist men than all the rest of us put together. This is one lopsided board. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/97 "2021-09-15T20:35:20Z")
White (with respect to Alessan, at least in the US your race is defined by what _other_ people assume you are based on your appearance. I would prefer to identify as Jewish, but I haz teh white privilege anyway). Jewish, and religious, although in a way that many Orthodox would consider indistinguishable from atheism. I prefer “democratic socialist”, but definitely left of center, if that’s what you’re getting at. Male. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/98 "2021-09-15T20:47:24Z")
> [@DemonTree](#): > > It’s quite impressive that there are more white, liberal, atheist men than all the rest of us put together. This is one lopsided board. I suspect the thread title will attract white liberal atheist men to the thread to vote while not attracting those that don’t fit into those categories. It’s a lopsided thread. But the board is still probably slightly skewed in that direction compared to the general population - just not remotely to the extent the poll indicates. ---
**Author:** ![DemonTree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demontree/32/8646_2.png) [@DemonTree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DemonTree)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/99 "2021-09-15T20:56:09Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > But the board is still probably slightly skewed in that direction compared to the general population - just not remotely to the extent the poll indicates. More than slightly. And if he’d included age we’d see yet another way in which it is heavily skewed. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420/100 "2021-09-15T21:04:46Z")
Apologies if this has already been discussed, but the thread title would, I think, not draw the interest of a lot of posters who aren’t those four things. It could easily be taken to mean “here is a thread that would only be of interest if you are a white, liberal, atheist man.” Therefore, I don’t think the proportions shown by the poll will be especially reliable (even by internet poll standards). Since this new software doesn’t label a thread as a poll thread, OPs should probably start doing so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-you-a-white-liberal-atheist-man/950420.md?page=6)