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Duppers

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15. And that varies from region to region.
Fri May 22, 2020, 02:28 AM
May 2020

Depending on how homogeneous or liberal the area happen to be.

I recently posted in a thread about Trae Crowder, a Tennessee native:
Not long ago a couple of sweet h.s. friends found my email and so we began a multi email communication, until it happened: the standard assumption that I'm religious. Because, if I'm not, I must be a bad person who's going to hell. Shamefully I've kept these gals hanging for a month now because I don't know how to handle this while staying honest & authentic.
Telling my sweet, accepting, religious DU friends that I'm an atheist has never been a problem but these religious TN gals would feel as if I just told them "I'm from Mars and have come to kill your babies."

Different the dominations & levels of indoctrination have different results.


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That's almost like saying Democrats are nicer to Republicans than Republicans are to Democrats Ferrets are Cool May 2020 #1
And, water is wet. NeoGreen May 2020 #2
Zactly. Duppers May 2020 #16
Atheists are nicer to everyone. Christians not so much. sop May 2020 #3
That is because Chainfire May 2020 #5
I'm starting to think of them as "The Incompetents" Mopar151 May 2020 #4
Something I often wonder about the Oklahoma softball team... Jeebo May 2020 #6
I don't think it's a question of if Major Nikon May 2020 #8
Christians have religious privilege in the US, atheists do not Major Nikon May 2020 #7
To me, "Christian" is synonymous with hater. CaptYossarian May 2020 #9
Martin Luther King Jr. guillaumeb May 2020 #10
The Christian Left is an entirely different breed. CaptYossarian May 2020 #11
But my larger point is that we can find intolerance everywhere. guillaumeb May 2020 #12
So it comes down to religious extremism. CaptYossarian May 2020 #13
It comes down to an individual deciding to be intolerant. guillaumeb May 2020 #14
Babies have to be taught how to hate. CaptYossarian May 2020 #17
We all start as blank slates. guillaumeb May 2020 #20
Maybe during fair elections. CaptYossarian May 2020 #21
Not completely blank... Annie Moose Jun 2020 #23
Welcome to DU, and the conversation. guillaumeb Jun 2020 #24
The Chinese Religion is Annie Moose Jun 2020 #22
The Communist Party in China is led by authoritarians. guillaumeb Jun 2020 #25
Glad to see you coming around on this. Act_of_Reparation Jun 2020 #26
There is no "coming around". guillaumeb Jun 2020 #27
And that varies from region to region. Duppers May 2020 #15
Sounds like you are directly experiencing what the report... NeoGreen May 2020 #18
Exactly! Duppers May 2020 #19
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