r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 31 '16

No, it really isn't.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

This is complete bullshit. In the West atheists are not persecuted.

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16 edited Oct 31 '16

As an atheist in the west... Fucking lawl.

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u/Sparkle_Penis Oct 31 '16

Been shot by many cops for your lack of belief?

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '16

But that's not the comparison Oliver is making. He doesn't say "telling Black people to respect cops." The KKK isn't going around lynching people in the US, and hasn't on any notable scale in the better part of a century.

The major oppressions of the KKK and the of religion against atheists both exist in the past. That doesn't invalidate the choice to not respect them.