The problem is not atheism, it is having atheists spew their prejudice and contempt.
Cite an example, please.
I find it as offensive as I do Chris Land.
Chris is silly, but he provides no reason to be gloomy or depressed. I don't think those who spew venom in the other direction - if indeed you can show that any exist - provide any greater reason to be gloomy or depressed.
The problem is not disagreements on policy, it is the shallowness of some of the perspectives that are common enough around here.
Some might find your perspectives shallow. They have seemed so to me, often enough. That is hardly cause to moan, groan, and sink into a funk.
The problem is not "inconsistent enforcement", but the fact that the same person, within a couple of days, blew off a complaint about classic anti- semitic canards and then came down much too heavily on jla.
You claim that the problem is not inconsistent enforcement, and then cite a classic example of perceived inconsistent enforcement. Actually it is not even that inconsistent: anyone who has been on SI for any time knows that admin is fairly tolerant of generic canards and fairly intolerant of threats or insults directed at individual SI members. We all know, as well, that even a very offensive post will probably go unpunished if nobody complains about it, and that much less offensive posts may inspire admin action if somebody claims to have been personally attacked or threatened by them. If we don't like those realities, we should go post elsewhere; it's their shop and they've every right to run it as they see fit.
Do you ever get the point?
The point is that you are making a great deal of fuss and drama out of a very typical time on SI, and taking these exchanges way too seriously. The sooner you acknowledge this, and place these events in perspective - this is, after all, a very insignificant place - the happier you will be. |
