Yeah but so were the people who presumed they were saving random people from going to hell, so it was a good counterbalance. I don't think all people can be reasoned with, some people have to be cowed by getting "owned" to refrain from loudly espousing a toxic belief, so Reddit atheists' smugness and vitriol was a good way to shame annoying religious people out of proselytizing too much.
The Reddit atheists were not any better on a lot of these topics. They were just smug.
Yeah but so were the people who presumed they were saving random people from going to hell, so it was a good counterbalance. I don't think all people can be reasoned with, some people have to be cowed by getting "owned" to refrain from loudly espousing a toxic belief, so Reddit atheists' smugness and vitriol was a good way to shame annoying religious people out of proselytizing too much.