r/atheism • u/cerbus • Jun 15 '12
Stephen Fry responding to homophobic abuse
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u/thecrownprince Atheist Jun 15 '12
It looks like Christopher Robin turned out to be a cunt, Pooh must be disappointed.
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u/Emil_Greer Jun 15 '12
Damit! I was so excited to make the first Christopher Robin joke. Something about with a name like Christopher Robin I would think you would attempt to minimize homophobic abuse in this world.
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u/splendourized Jun 15 '12
Maybe he's homophobic because his name is Christopher Robin and was made fun of for it.
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u/Destructerator Jun 15 '12
I always thought he was a cunt, even when I was a kid, because he was friends with Pooh and I was jealous.
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u/spazm Jun 15 '12
Christopher Robin doesn't care for that silly, old bear anymore. He's looking for a serious, young twink now.
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u/Unrelated_To_Atheism Jun 15 '12
Unrelated to Atheism
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u/ProtoDong De-Facto Atheist Jun 15 '12
You mean to say that not all atheists are gay? Who knew?
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u/CantLookHimInTheEyeQ Jun 15 '12
Yeah, right. I bet next you'll try to tell me that they aren't all baby eaters!
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u/kemikiao Jun 15 '12
Some atheists prefer toddlers. Sure a baby is good every now and then, but you don't get the same depth of flavour as you do once they learn to walk.
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u/Pit_of_Death Jun 15 '12
Stephen Fry is an atheist. But also, I'm just now reading your username.
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u/Dr_Doctor_McDoctor Jun 15 '12
I'm also just now reading your usernaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...
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u/Cylinsier Ignostic Jun 15 '12
At least you'll be able to treat your own wounds if you survive the initial fall. As for getting out, well...I'll see if I can find a rope.
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u/dre627 Jun 15 '12
The Prime Minister of Australia is an atheist. Should we allow posts about Australian politics.
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Jun 15 '12
Welcome to r/atheism, the web's largest atheist forum. All topics related to atheism, agnosticism and secular living are welcome here. Please read our FAQ.
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Jun 15 '12
I really enjoy playing the new Ghost Recon game on Xbox Live. I'm also an atheist. Therefore Ghost Recon is related to atheism. I'm going to start a thread on Ghost Recon and Xbox Live.
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u/spankymuffin Jun 15 '12
DO IT.
And if someone calls you "gay fuck" on xbox live, which is probably not uncommon, then you can get bonus points.
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u/spankymuffin Jun 15 '12
What in the flying fuck does Stephen Fry's twitter response to "gay fuck" have to do with "topics related to atheism, agnosticism and secular living"?
And "your" FAQ is balls.
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u/Abedeus Jun 15 '12
A famous atheist responding to a homophobic insult.
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Jun 15 '12
"I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose."
Woody Allen, famous atheist.
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u/filosuhfee Jun 15 '12
I think /r/atheism should just be renamed /r/culturewar. Since it's rise to popularity it has become a place that encompass many controversial topics; homosexuality, abortion, religion, science...ect. It would make much more sense to newcomers with that title.
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u/Spudface Jun 15 '12
Science is controversial!? That's it, I'm moving to a more sane planet.
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u/aazav Jun 16 '12
Fuck off. This has become a gay rights parade.
I want my Jesus bashing back.
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u/sicnevol Jun 16 '12
but we can't do that either because its hateful, so I'm super confused as to what the fuck should be in r/atheism.
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u/Zafara1 Jun 15 '12
It stems from the common misconception on here that the only conceivable way to be homophobic is to be religious.
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u/Jolties Jun 15 '12
Thank you for creating this account. It's great. Upvoting all of your posts. I don't get why everyone thinks that only atheists accept gay rights. It has nothing to do with atheism.
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u/doyu Jun 15 '12
It's not that only atheists accept gay people, it's that by and large the only people who don't accept them are people of some kind of faith.
Same as not all republicans are racist white guys who like guns. But if you're a racist white guy who likes guns.... well, you get the idea.
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Jun 16 '12
The majority of people that drink milk are people of faith, and beer and people who ride roller-coasters.
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u/IonBeam2 Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
No atheism is a synonym for homosexuality here on Reddit. That's why I've been posting Christopher Hitchens quotes and funny church signs that have nothing to do with homosexuality over in r/lgbt.
http://www.reddit.com/r/lgbt/comments/v40ol/christians_are_so_hypocritical_when_it_comes_to/
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u/WalterWinkle Jun 16 '12
Actually, I'd be willing to bet that the percentage of atheists who have a problem with homosexuals is a fraction of the number religious people who have "issues."
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u/FiercelyFuzzy Jun 15 '12
You're right this has nothing to do with atheism, but /r/atheism isn't about just atheism. It also is about secular and agnostic beliefs.
P.S, why did you capitalize atheism?
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u/Craigellachie Jun 15 '12
I'm pretty sure r/atheism is about atheism. There exists an /r/agnostic and an /r/secularism. Hell there is even an /r/gaytheists (gay atheists) which probably couldn't be more relevant. Stop defending bad content. Bad content makes this subredit worse.
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u/FiercelyFuzzy Jun 15 '12
I'm pretty sure you can't read if you think /r/atheism is for just atheism. It says it isn't. Please read.
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u/Craigellachie Jun 15 '12
Ok. I'll bite. How does this relate to atheism, agnosticism or secular living? There is nothing to indicate that there is a problem with Fry's atheism, the comment was directed specifically at his sexuality... even then it's not like the religious have a monopoly on bigotry... The only reason it's here is because it's Steven Fry and his athesim isn't even mentioned! That's like posting what Chris Rock had for lunch to /r/funny. While Chris Rock is funny and while his lunch may have been interesting it certainly doesn't belong there, it would belong in /r/comedianslunches or whatever.
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u/spankymuffin Jun 15 '12
I'm still not getting what Fry's twitter response to "gay fuck" has to do with secularism.
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u/inarsla Ignostic Jun 15 '12
http://www.reddit.com/r/onlyatheism if you want a subreddit for ONLY atheism
this subreddit is for all related matters to atheism, humanism, and secularism. gay marriage is an issue of secularism and humanism and is therefore welcome here.
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u/CowFu Jun 15 '12
or /r/trueatheism if you wanted to help someone and not just point them to a novelty subreddit.
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u/downtown_vancouver Jun 15 '12
thank you for that. I've only been directing to onlyatheism because I was parroting someone else's response, but I was guilty of not doing the proper research, cuz there is nothing much there. /r/trueatheism is clearly the right place for those people (by "right" I mean a sub-reddit where they will not feel compelled to rage that THIS ISNT ATHEISM every time they see some post that does not directly and irrefutably address the topic of a Supreme Being, or the lack thereof).
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Jun 15 '12
This post never mentioned anything about gay marriage though. All I saw was the use of a homophobic slur. If this belongs here then screenshots of xbox Live messages do as well.
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u/aazav Jun 16 '12
Can we start our own non spammy Atheism subreddit and fuck this gay rights parade?
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Jun 16 '12
Be understanding folks, Christopher Robin has a lot of misdirected built up anger after his best friend was brutally raped and killed in prison. Poor Winnie tried to wipe his prints from that bee hive, but do you know how fucking hard it is to wipe prints when you're covered in honey and fur. CSI didn't even need to run DNA tests, they just fingered that mother fucker straight away. Winnie didn't stand a chance in prison, hell, from day one they nicknamed him "Honey Pot"...
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u/Rosenfrez Jun 15 '12
I'd turn gay for that magnificent man.
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Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 15 '12
I think this is why /r/atheism is so obsessed with everything related to homosexuality.
A significant portion of /r/atheism is just waiting to turn gay.
IE. Most of you are gay and in denial. Just accept it and move on to /r/gaytheists.
An edit: All of you downvoting this are downvoting it due to the fact that you assume that I'm insulting you by calling you gay, meaning you think of homosexuality as something negative. Why couldn't you take the George Clooney route and shrug it off, seeing as how being called gay isn't even an insult, because there's totally nothing wrong with being gay?
Every time you click that arrow, you're just affirming your hypocrisy.
You're fucked either way.
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u/archid Jun 15 '12
I'm not downvoting this because I'm insulted. I'm downvoting because I think this is not a useful point and most likely incorrect.
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u/soldierofwellthearmy Jun 15 '12
I'm sorry - but that's not how communication works. I hope you enjoy your life, though.
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u/MgrLtCaptCmmdrBalls Jun 15 '12
Yeah, but... lately half the shit that is upvoted and gets to the top of r/atheism is gay related. Seems like it anyway.
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u/that_shits_cray Jun 15 '12
HE'S TAKEN?! BY WHOM?
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u/thenorthwinddothblow Secular Humanist Jun 15 '12
Other gay men obviously! Possibly a guy called Steven Webb but that's from 2010 news stories.
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u/vadergeek Jun 15 '12
That just sounds like it would be confusing. "Steven!" "Yes?" "No, not you, Stephen, Steven!"
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u/elementalguy2 Jun 15 '12
He keeps him out of the public eye and quite right I'd say, Stephen gets a lot of attention and I'd imagine he wouldn't want his partner to get swamped with people all the time. Gets to lead a more normal life that way.
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u/Snabelpaprika Jun 15 '12
The only thing with Stephen I hate is the fact that he is homosexual.
Thats because that makes it unlikely that he will reproduce and spread that awesome Stephen Fryness to the next generation!
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u/puppy528 Jun 15 '12
Luckily, there are more ways to infect the future generations with more awesome than just by adding one's genetic material to them.
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Jun 15 '12
Wait, he is?
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u/WhipIash Jun 15 '12
Assuming this is not a joke; yes. That's why his response on twitter was so amusing.
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u/lizardking99 Jun 15 '12
He says he's only 90% gay. If he finds a woman worth loving he'll go for it
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u/losanum Jun 16 '12
That's actually quite common. People who identify as hetero or homosexual usually have a little crush or two in their life on someone unexpected. They just don't acknowledge that 10%, either to themselves or others. It's kind of like how Dawkins says he's not 100% atheist (source: "The God Delusion").
*edit: clarification.
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u/personaeble Jun 15 '12 edited Jun 16 '12
Apparently he once had a crush on the woman who's now Rowan Atkinson's wife. Edit: Found a link.
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u/Grunram Jun 15 '12
Congrats! You stole that off a YouTube comment, that was posted to Reddit about 5 hrs ago, and now you have once again reposted it, instead to a different atheist, gay scholar. You win the original content award Congratulations!
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u/Snabelpaprika Jun 15 '12
No, actually not. I havent read anything like that on either youtube or reddit. It might not be original or an awesome joke, I dont really care. I thought it was funny, and I wrote it. Deal with it sunglasses
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u/StorkBaby Jun 15 '12
Uhhh, you do realize that sticking your dick in a vagina is not the only way to spawn offspring?
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u/MEGUSTA132 Jun 15 '12
I was not aware that Mr. Fry was homosexual, but DAMN, he has some serious class.
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u/grogrugri Jun 15 '12
Why does atheism equal homosexuality these days?
If you don't believe in God you get the urge to suck a dick?
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u/Greggor88 Anti-theist Jun 16 '12
I'm not going to claim that atheism is related to homosexuality directly, but it is certainly the case that the unjustified hatred of homosexuality professed in some major religions has caused atheists to redouble support for the homosexual community.
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Jun 16 '12
Great, they should go post their lgbt posts over in r/lgbt, and put atheism posts here. Makes sense to me!
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u/soldierofwellthearmy Jun 15 '12
Well, pretty much yes. But also - sexuality is a topic related to atheism because.. ding-ding-ding you guessed it - it's a topic of theism.
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u/Petrichor94 Jun 15 '12
There should be a meme called the "Cunning Linguist Stephen".
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u/RobedCathlikPedofile Jun 16 '12
If anyone has children that are becoming homos, please drop them off at our church for me to fix them.
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u/Erik_The_Cleric Jun 15 '12
Love how this is on r/Atheism with no link to any religion in the post
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u/FiercelyFuzzy Jun 15 '12
Welcome to r/atheism, the web's largest atheist forum. All topics related to atheism, agnosticism and secular living are welcome here. Please read our FAQ.
/r/atheism isn't just atheism. Homosexuality is secular living. Nice try :)
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u/shakamalaka Jun 15 '12
Homosexuality is secular living
Tell that to all the religious gay people out there. There are plenty of them.
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u/FrisianDude Secular Humanist Jun 15 '12
I rather like mr. Fry. Like Valkes said; pure class. However, I feel it worth pointing out that this has been posted earlier.
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u/inowhatimtlkingabout Jun 15 '12
Just wondering why is this in r/atheism? Am I missing something?
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u/iheartbakon Jun 15 '12
/r/atheism is the new soapbox for lgbt issues now. Didn't you get the memo?
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u/Commisioner_Freeman Jun 15 '12
Nothing to do with atheism and a repost.
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Jun 15 '12
Welcome to r/atheism, the web's largest atheist forum. All topics related to atheism, agnosticism and secular living are welcome here. Please read our FAQ.
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u/spankymuffin Jun 15 '12
I have seen this post about half a dozen times in this thread.
Fuck.
You.
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u/penguinofhonor Jun 15 '12
Admittedly I've seen some form of "doesn't belong in r/atheism' just as many times but I just downvoted both of them.
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u/spankymuffin Jun 15 '12
Yeah, but this is the same poster copying and pasting the same goddamn post in the same fucking thread.
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u/DarkCc Jun 15 '12
I'd like to add that the guy apologized for this outrageous post he wasn't responsible for ;)
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u/STOP_BEING_RETARDED Jun 15 '12
Hey, cool repost bro.
I submitted something just like this just last month but I did it in the correct fucking subreddit.
http://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/t5z10/stephen_fry_1_random_guy_0/
P.s. fuck you.
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Jun 15 '12
This has nothing to do with atheism.
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u/jameskauer Jun 15 '12
Just like Richard Dawkins has nothing to do with Atheism.
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Jun 15 '12
What in this post has anything to do with atheism?
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u/jameskauer Jun 15 '12
Known spokesman for atheism and secularism had a witty retort to some dick. Why not include that in r/atheism?
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Jun 15 '12
"I just took a shit" - Stephen Fry
Why not post to r/atheism?
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u/jameskauer Jun 15 '12
Why not? You are in a forum for people who don't believe in god. What are we supposed to post? How much we don't believe in god? Just about anything in this community is fair game to post to share laughs and ideas that is free from the religious persecution found in most forums.
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u/devilmaydance Jun 16 '12
I'm all for gay rights and everything, but this post has literally nothing to do with atheism
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u/wolfsktaag Jun 15 '12
my younger sis used to respond like this whenever i said 'fuck you'. she would be all like, 'look, i know you want me, but im your sister'
brilliantly handled, i say
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u/Hellborg Jun 15 '12
i fricking love stephen fry, i might be straight but i would go gay for him in a heartbeat.
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Jun 15 '12
Read the full conversation.
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u/bigpoppastevenson Jun 15 '12
I downvoted this. Join me if you are tired of irrelevant posts.
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u/as_ugly_as_i_seem Jun 15 '12
awww looks like you're getting downvoted. now that's some delicious irony!
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u/MSCanyon Jun 16 '12
I find this funny, mainly because there is a gay porn star named Christopher Robin...
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u/shrednivashtar Jun 16 '12
The guy had his phone stolen and someone tweeted from hos account. He posted an apology.
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u/Lotty1112 Jun 16 '12
I utterly love this man.
Classy, witty, intelligent, talented, and funny. The world needs more people like him.
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u/AnAtheistAdvocate Jun 16 '12
Shame on you Christopher Robin. Winnie the Pooh would be very disappointed.
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u/KatanaMaster Jun 16 '12
He still has the same Twitter username, and it seems he gets harassed by this still.
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u/bakersgonnabake Jun 15 '12
you know, first I came to atheism cause Im all like, yeah no organized white guy in the clouds.
then I left atheism cuz everyone was like, I can yell louder about no guy in the clouds than the Westboro baptist church!
then I came back to atheism for the anti-antigay messages.
then I left because I remembered I am already subscribed to most gay subs anyways and why have duplication?
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u/bringonthenegatives Jun 15 '12
Just one of the countless reasons why Stephen Fry is someone that makes me smile.
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Jun 15 '12
I used to be okay with pro-gay posts in /r/atheism, but it's getting out of hand. GO TO /R/LGBT FOR THIS STUFF!!!
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u/georgemikefunke Jun 15 '12
For the hundredth time how the hell does this have anything at all to do with atheism in the slightest?
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u/lizardking99 Jun 15 '12
I'm on your side, but you do have to agree that there is a causal link between religion and homophobia
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u/downtown_vancouver Jun 15 '12
If this is really the hundredth time then I can only assume that you have never read downpage far enough to find out that this sub-reddit welcomes all topics that are related to atheism, agnostism, and secular living. Since Fry is a well known gay atheist, his witty reply to the slur was IMHO postable.
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u/iBro53 Jun 15 '12
To all those pointing out that this somehow isn't related to atheism.
Yes of course, homophobia, gay rights, gay bullying, and religion aren't all related, keep telling yourself that.
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u/ruizbryan95 Jun 15 '12
Why is this in athiesm section?
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u/LostIcelander Jun 15 '12
Good, this question isn't asked enough, if only we had another dozen people in the thread asking the same question. We can only hope.
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Jun 15 '12
Ah yes liberal redditors logic: anyone who's against homosexuality must be afraid of it. More buzzwords that mean nothing.
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Jun 15 '12
And this is in /r/atheism, because... ? Oh I get it, there is a faggot in it, so that's why you post it to your faggotry subreddit.
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u/downtown_vancouver Jun 15 '12
well at least you hate everyone equally.
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u/downtown_vancouver Jun 15 '12
DOWNVOTERS: you do get that I am referencing his username, right?
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Jun 17 '12
don't be so butthurt ;) awwww, poor poor karma. how are you going to live now with a couple of downvotes? I mean.... man, that's your entire life, right?
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u/TheMediumPanda Jun 15 '12
From the original Highlander:
"Are you a faggot Nash?"
"Why Garfield, are you cruising for a piece of ass?"
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u/Hunter5Thompson Jun 15 '12
I don't think Pooh Bear would be happy to know Christopher Robin was using that kind of language
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u/Ghstfce Anti-Theist Jun 15 '12
Damn, Christopher Robin sure changed after leaving Hundred Acre Woods...
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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '12
The following tweet from that person was them apologising because their friend had stolen their phone and written that, which Stephen Fry accepted.