# Merry Fucking Easter! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 24, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568 "2011-04-24T17:16:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/181 "2011-04-26T15:46:24Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > I would like to know what Easter did to the OP. Easter raped my cat. ☹ > [@](#): > > For comparison with the chip on my shoulder about evangelicals, let’s see, I was hospitalized with a head wound after a case of aggravated assault and battery at the hands of evangelicals (an action they’ve vehemently defended, making them less reasonable than even Rand Rover, see [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=13727884&postcount=7)), after spending years being harassed by them and basically made a pariah for not joining them, being fired from a good job for not joining their church, enduring a slew of false accusations and generally seeing my career path (science field, go figure) disrupted through their interference. > > But Easter in general? You don’t believe in it, fine, but what did it do to you? I have no problem with Easter. Pet all the fluffy bunnies you want, and go to all the torture-porn assemblies you can stomach. I just don’t like when theists present their ignorant and untested beliefs as fact on public property. Honestly, a _Happy Easter_ sign would have been less objectionable than the sign that was there. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/182 "2011-04-26T15:49:29Z")
> [@LilyoftheField](#): > > Whether or not the OP is an asshole is kind of irrelevant, don’t you think? I wonder how many of those who are so tolerant of the ‘Jesus is Risen!’ kind of signage hanging from public property, would feel the same way if the sign read ‘There is no God, but Allah!’ or some other non-Christian religious slogan. I wouldn’t give a shit about that, but unless the Muslims are packing some chocolate bunnies, I know what phony-bologna religion I’ll be backing 😃 ---
**Author:** ![magellan01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@magellan01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magellan01)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/183 "2011-04-26T16:21:47Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > magellan01 > I can’t help the fact that some people will take\* any\* implied criticism of a belief, or any expression of alternate opinions to be an insult. Even when that criticism can be proved to be demonstrably true, Merely expressing it is taken as an insult even when none is intended. That puts religious criticism in a no-go area of its own creation. Treatment not demanded by other world views. Oh, please. You’re being an ass now. Either that or your simply an idiot, which I don’t think to be the case. But if you don’t see from the quotes I provided how that is insulting, then there’s really no point to any further conversation. Try (and I guess this is particularly difficult for you), reading it from the standponit of someone who IS religious. (That troublesome empathy thing, again.) > [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > As for the quotes you used. You were happy to strip them of context weren’t you? It was to be expected. Oh, I guess I should have quoted every word you wrote in the thread and posted it within that very thread. :rolleyes: > [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > You seem desperate to paint me as lacking empathy, even when I’ve explained several times that I moderate what I say about religion, precisely because people take offence. I do not want to hurt anyone’s feelings unnecessarily. I’ll just simply call bullshit on this, as your actions are counter to your claim. Fact: you were insulting. Fact: you didn’t have to be, as is evidenced by other atheists posting in the same thread who were not insulting. > [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > That said. If someone wants to ask me a direct question such as “do I think religious people are deluded” I would answer “yes” That is honest and not intended as an insult. What would you expect me to say? First, no one asked you that. Second, you’ve made it so nice for you in your little make believe example, didn’t you. I mean, you just uttered the little word “yes”. You’d be so honest. and the question is already on the table. Yeah, you’re a prince. Third, you are stupendously unaware of your bias; you utter insulting stuff matter-of-factly without taking into account that not everyone shares your opinions of religion. (On one of Christianity’s most holy days,mind you.) Fourth, this isn’t a GD discussion about atheism vs theism. No one is trying to convert the other here, not even in our exchanges. The point is that you find it oh-so-impossible to explain something to your daughter just because it offends your sensibilities. Something that millions of people have managed to do. But to do so means putting actual information above personal bias, and you are unable to do that. > [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Honest opinion expressed in web forum does not translate into behaviour in the street. You are desperate to apply a caricature that doesn’t fit. I don’t know you and have no idea what you’re like in real life. I see somethings that lead me to believe you might be a nice person. But you have a chip on your shoulder concerning religion. That is clear. Look at the other atheists who have posted in this thread. Look at the range. Now, I wouldn’t put you in the same camp as the idiot OP or a couple of other posters, but you’re much closer to him than you are say, **Miller** , or **John Mace** , and others. The fact that you asked for examples of you being insulted—as you were UNAWARE of them—and then once supllied to you you whine about them being taken out of context (:rolleyes:) is incontrovertible evidence that you are tone deaf to the feelings of the majority of the population. The inability to explain religion to your daughter is not a flaw of religion, but a flaw generated in you by your bias. > [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Do you mean that you want only the positive aspects of religion to be discussed? No. I don’t. That wouldn’t be much of a discussion. You may want to search for such discussions that have been had in these boards. But if someone does honestly want to discuss the topic, I expect them to not be insulting about it. Regardless of the topic. But the flaw is not with me. I can give a convincing argument for religion, or certainly explain it to a child in a way that satisfies them. (As others in this thread have done.) _You_ are the one who as admitted to not being able to do that. _You_ are the one who thinks there is only one side. Need I repost the insulting ways you’ve referred to religion or religionists in this very thread? > [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > Or are people allowed to talk about the negatives as well…or will any mention of the demonstrably sexist and homophobic tendencies of, say, the catholic church mark me down as one who sets out to insult and offend. And here is the crux of it. Your bias revealed. Never mind you don’t even understand the very thing you hold in such opposition. But no matter, the church has done bad things therefore the church, en toto, is bad. How nice and simple. And because of these bad things you are the Righteous Crusader who will wield a mighty sword of disdain and hurl insults willy-nilly because, well, those religionits deserve it. Never mind that you ride a malformed steed of ignorance and the critical thinking you perceive to be your armor is cotton netting with moth holes. But you got your, ideas, by golly, and your little daughter will hear them and nothing else. > [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > If you are expecting me to mention both sides, positive and negative then have no fear, I do, and will continue to do so. Why would you assume I wouldn’t? Ha. Because of your posts in this thread, obviously. Look what I just responded to. You are just as dangerous to a young mind as an evangelical Baptist. Not only are you sure you are right, your right is Righteous. Even when not making a specific point your language exudes disdain and ridicule. And by your own admission, you can’t even swallow it enough for the benefit of your daughter. To give her a simple, unbiased explanation. And when Miller pretty much wrote the speech for you, you bristled that it assumes the existence of God. No fucking shit, Sherlock. That’s the point! And that’s the funny thing about monks, they tend to be monks because…wait for it…they believe in God. But you can’t give any weight to that reality, even if it’s someone else’s. No. Religion bad. Religion stupid. God. Just like the Tooth Fairy. Religious people. Deluded. Abandoners of critical thought. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/184 "2011-04-26T18:37:01Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > My ideas were supportable. In fact, I explained very politely how you were wrong. Actually, I was referring to your behavior in general (like, say, electing to flip your shit over an Easter banner), not specifically the fact I was needling you for making unfalsifiable pronouncements. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/185 "2011-04-26T20:54:11Z")
> [@magellan01](#): > > Oh, I guess I should have quoted every word you wrote in the thread and posted it within that very thread. :rolleyes: Now come on. I posted this > [@](#): > > Novelty Bobble - > Perhaps you imagine I sit on my daughter’s bed every night reading from Christopher Hitchens? telling her to watch out for the strange folk who worship an invisible dead magical jew? > No, if I have a creed at all it is tolerance and love. live and let live, do as I would be done by. None of that comes from religion nor depends on the supernatural. I would no sooner denigrate a religion or its adherents in front of my daughter than I would spit in her face. which bit did you quote? Let’s see, ah yes. > [@](#): > > telling her to watch out for the strange folk who worship an invisible dead magical jew? For that alone, you lost your credibility. You snipped very carefully to make it seem like that was what I tell her. From the full quote you can see that I do not subscribe to that school of thought. I was telling you precisely the sort of language I would not use. Shame on you. > [@](#): > > The point is that you find it oh-so-impossible to explain something to your daughter just because it offends your sensibilities. Something that millions of people have managed to do. But to do so means putting actual information above personal bias, and you are unable to do that. For the final time. I have not said that I am unable to, or unwilling to explain religion. Merely that for those who do not share a religious mindset it is difficult to do without resorting to meaningless generalities that are not very illuminating and not very satisfying. And for the last time. I avoid language that denigrates and insults the religious. > [@](#): > > I don’t know you and have no idea what you’re like in real life. I see somethings that lead me to believe you might be a nice person. But you have a chip on your shoulder concerning religion. That is clear. Look at the other atheists who have posted in this thread. Look at the range. Now, I wouldn’t put you in the same camp as the idiot OP or a couple of other posters, but you’re much closer to him than you are say, **Miller** , or **John Mace** , But John Mace called “Jesus is risen” a “stupid banner” by your standards that is far more insulting than anything I have written (note - I have just quoted out of context to make a point) > [@](#): > > you are tone deaf to the feelings of the majority of the population. The inability to explain religion to your daughter is not a flaw of religion, but a flaw generated in you by your bias. which population? the one in which I exist? As I told you. The majority of the UK are not religious and are fairly apathetic towards adherents. If it doesn’t affect us we don’t care which may explain why the fairly innocuous, non-insulting language I have used seems shocking to your ears. You are perhaps unable to put yourself in my shoes. > [@](#): > > Need I repost the insulting ways you’ve referred to religion or religionists in this very thread? Why don’t we just assume that you’ll find a way to make them appear so and then I waste too much of my life correcting you on your comprehension and contextual understanding. Apart from my factual points on the catholic church, throughout I have avoided specific criticisms of religious people or specific religions. That should give you a clearer understanding of my position and a better indication of how I conduct myself. > [@](#): > > And here is the crux of it. Your bias revealed. Never mind you don’t even understand the very thing you hold in such opposition. But no matter, the church has done bad things therefore the church, en toto, is bad. No, my bias is not revealed at all. I chose the example of the Catholic church because the negative aspects of it are well understood and not in contest. The Catholic church discriminates against homosexuals and women. I’m sorry if that is an uncomfortable fact for you. But fact it is. Note I said nothing about whether I would dwell on these facts but merely whether I should tell my daughter about them, shouldn’t I give her the facts even when they are, I’m sure you agree, objectionable? you do agree with that don’t you? > [@](#): > > Ha. Because of your posts in this thread, obviously. Look what I just responded to. You are just as dangerous to a young mind as an evangelical Baptist. Not only are you sure you are right, your right is Righteous. Even when not making a specific point your language exudes disdain and ridicule. No, no, no. _Sure_ shouldn’t come into it. I’m not sure that religions are wrong. And I have never told my daughter nor anyone else that they are wrong or that there is definitely no god. > [@](#): > > Religion bad. I never said that > [@](#): > > Religion stupid. I never said that > [@](#): > > God. Just like the Tooth Fairy. In terms of the emotional investment people put in it? no. In terms of the amount of evidence? yes. > [@](#): > > Religious people. Deluded. Abandoners of critical thought. yes, that is what I think. But I’m sure I’m deluded in my belief that Leeds United are the finest football team in the world. People out there think I’m deluded about that but does knowing that insult me? of course not. And abandoners of critical thought? well of course. By the internal definitions of many religions this is clear. Faith is the opposite of critical thinking. This is not controversial. Many religious people agree with this. They believe without evidence. Fine. If they are comfortable with that good for them but lets not pretend that they have arrived at their positions by a coherent critical exploration of the facts. magellan01, look back to your first response to me. You assumed my hostility to religion right off. And yet I was trying to respectfully explain monks to my daughter in a way that didn’t paint them in a bad light…the very opposite of what you accuse me of. I really don’t know what else to tell you. ---
**Author:** ![Cort](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@Cort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cort)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/186 "2011-04-26T21:00:39Z")
In fairness, **magellan01** is a massive fucking prick, and he doesn’t seem to give a shit who knows it. I wouldn’t take anything he says too personally. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2011, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/187 "2011-04-26T23:31:30Z")
> [@heatmiserfl](#): > > Look back at my post. See where I was quoting someone else who used the term conservative and specified the type of conservative who gets freaked out having to explain teh gay to their kids? Yeah, it was a parody of that type of conservative. Being born prior to yesterday, I’m aware that there’s more than one type of conservative. :dubious: > > You probably didn’t get the parody of the egghead atheist either. Gee, I hope an atheist doesn’t fly in and browbeat me for implying that all atheists are a bunch of verbose, pompous science nerds. ☹ Nevertheless, you adopted, and apparently accepted, the stereotype. You are responsible for the stereotypes you portray. If you didn’t accept the stereotype, why did you project it on people like me (I don’t believe you intended to shoot me with it, so I don’t take it personally)? The fact that you did means I am quite right to ream you for it. Don’t like it? Then stop projecting that stereotype on random people you don’t know. Get it right. Aim your vitriol on those who deserve it. If your shots result in collateral damage, don’t be surprised if us "collateral"s shoot back. Given that, I accept your explanation, I probably overreacted to what you wrote. I might have been a bit extreme in my reaction. If so, sorry. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/188 "2011-04-27T01:19:20Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I just don’t like when theists present their ignorant and untested beliefs as fact on public property. Honestly, a _Happy Easter_ sign would have been less objectionable than the sign that was there. I thought it was all about the fact that they were broke the law and had nothing to do with the message. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/189 "2011-04-27T01:31:43Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > I thought it was all about the fact that they were broke the law and had nothing to do with the message. That seems like a stupid thing to take away from this thread. Are you a stupid person in general, or is this a momentary lapse? I don’t like religious messages on public property. I’m more upset (to the extent that I am upset) by silly assertions. _Happy Easter_ isn’t an assertion.\* Jesus rose from the dead and is coming to cast the homos into a lake of fire\* is an assertion. I would have disapproved of _Happy Easter_ but I probably wouldn’t have bothered to make a pit thread. Herp-Derp? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/190 "2011-04-27T01:44:52Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > I don’t like religious messages on public property. I’m more upset (to the extent that I am upset) by silly assertions. _Happy Easter_ isn’t an assertion.\* Jesus rose from the dead and **is coming to cast the homos into a lake of fire** \* is an assertion. You do realize that not all Christians believe that, right? ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/191 "2011-04-27T01:53:22Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > You do realize that not all Christians believe that, right? Of course. Christians make all sorts of rationalizations so they can stomach the overall repugnance and stupidity of the bible. I know Catholics who have had abortions. The nice thing about a belief system that is based on no evidence is you can clip it to fit your biases. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/192 "2011-04-27T02:54:07Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > Of course. Christians make all sorts of rationalizations so they can stomach the overall repugnance and stupidity of the bible. > > I know Catholics who have had abortions. The nice thing about a belief system that is based on no evidence is you can clip it to fit your biases. You are fucking insane, you know that? It’s a wonder you can see your screen from all the spittle flying. Note: Jesus didn’t say jackshit about homosexuality. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/193 "2011-04-27T03:01:44Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > You are fucking insane, you know that? It’s a wonder you can see your screen from all the spittle flying. You’re the one with the spittle flying. Which is normal, since you obviously can’t stand the idea that someone would question the utter stupidity of your beliefs. If you lash out hysterically when someone points out that your beliefs are based on nothing but wishful thinking it doesn’t say much for the validity of those beliefs. > [@](#): > > Note: Jesus didn’t say jackshit about homosexuality. I know. This doesn’t stop a lot of Christians from thinking gays are icky. Because Christianity isn’t based on intelligence, it’s based on wishful thinking. ---
**Author:** ![Kozmik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8dc957/32.png) [@Kozmik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kozmik)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/194 "2011-04-27T03:34:51Z")
> [@Lobohan](#): > > That seems like a stupid thing to take away from this thread. Are you a stupid person in general, or is this a momentary lapse? > > I don’t like religious messages on public property. I’m more upset (to the extent that I am upset) by silly assertions. _Happy Easter_ isn’t an assertion.\* Jesus rose from the dead and is coming to cast the homos into a lake of fire\* is an assertion. > > I would have disapproved of _Happy Easter_ but I probably wouldn’t have bothered to make a pit thread. Herp-Derp? How would you feel about _Merry CHRISTmas_? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/195 "2011-04-27T03:44:05Z")
Every year, he roots for the Grinch. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/196 "2011-04-27T03:45:29Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > How would you feel about _Merry CHRISTmas_? I’d allow it. Since I celebrate the related holiday of Giftmas. That said, I don’t think a public overpass is anyplace for a religious message. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/197 "2011-04-27T03:46:52Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Every year, he roots for the Grinch. Until the one year my heart grew two sizes too big! Turns out it was just pericardial effusion. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/198 "2011-04-27T04:44:57Z")
> [@Kozmik](#): > > How would you feel about _Merry CHRISTmas_? For some reason, that brings to mind [this comic](http://comics.com/pickles/2011-04-24/). **Lobohan** : How do you know the overpass is public property? You don’t even remember where it was, right? ---
**Author:** ![martu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@martu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/martu)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/199 "2011-04-27T12:05:33Z")
> [@Cort](#): > > In fairness, **magellan01** is a massive fucking prick, and he doesn’t seem to give a shit who knows it. I wouldn’t take anything he says too personally. Now, now let’s be accurate here, he’s a massive homophobic prick. My daughter (6) asked me about Jesus the night before Easter and I said something along the lines of: Some people think Jesus died and then came alive again a few days later. Some of us, me and Mummy included, think it’s just a story. You have to make up your own mind what you think but I would wait until you are a bit older and just enjoy your eggs tomorrow. Next morning she tells me she thinks it’s a story because no one comes alive again after they are dead. I very much doubt this conversation is over. ---
**Author:** ![heatmiserfl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@heatmiserfl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heatmiserfl)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568/200 "2011-04-27T13:22:39Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > Nevertheless, you adopted, and apparently accepted, the stereotype. You are responsible for the stereotypes you portray. If you didn’t accept the stereotype, why did you project it on people like me (I don’t believe you intended to shoot me with it, so I don’t take it personally)? The fact that you did means I am quite right to ream you for it. Don’t like it? Then stop projecting that stereotype on random people you don’t know. Get it right. \*\*Aim your vitriol on those who deserve it. \*\*If your shots result in collateral damage, don’t be surprised if us "collateral"s shoot back. > > Given that, I accept your explanation, I probably overreacted to what you wrote. I might have been a bit extreme in my reaction. If so, sorry. WTF kind of apology is that? I did aim the shots at those who deserve it. I can’t help it if you can’t read what was pretty clear in my post. A proper apology would be, “Oh shit, I lost track of the whole conversation. And, gee, you’re right, your post was in reply to a statement specifically about anti-gay conservatives in a thread about religion. Boy do I feel like a jerk for calling you a shitstain and a fuckwit. I guess I’m the fuckwit. Sorry!” So, no, you’re not quite right to ream me for your mistake. Apology not accepted. Hmmph! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/merry-fucking-easter/579568.md?page=11)