This should be good, what exactly was the problem with the reason rally? I thought the aim of it was to promote a secular society and to show that atheists aren't actually the evil baby eating monsters that some would like to think. Brainwashed? (Now that's what I call civil) In what way? Since atheism is only the lack of belief in god(s) and says nothing about someones politics or any other personal viewpoint for that matter I cannot see how you can claim the people at the Reason Rally were brainwashed, please elaborate. Apart from the non belief in god you can get two atheists who will disagree with each other about every topic imaginable.
Simply pointing at the Reason Rally and saying 'brainwashed' demonstrates nothing.
I find it absolutely hilarious how to be considered a 'fundamentalist atheist' (whatever that is supposed to be) all you need to do is to be uncivil.
Ok, I will admit that most, if not all of us ARE 'uncivil' at times. But not because of simply disagreeing with believers, it generally takes real, quantifiable harm that certain religious doctrines cause, or at the very least the uncivil behavior of others before most of us would attack (verbally) someone for holding those beliefs. Frankly I am sometimes amazed how civil atheists are considering the vilification we take on a regular basis. Oh and how I wish that the worst thing I could say about a 'fundamentalist extremists' is that they are uncivil.
