In Iraq we are seeing the horrors that fundamentalist religion brings as ISIS tries to exterminate those who do not share their sick and disgusting version of Islam. Jet back half way around the world back to Mobile, Alabama (where I first worked out of law school) and we see an only slightly less virulent form of hatred as the "godly folk" go ballistic and wish death for an atheist who mere raised the question of whether it was proper for a secular government to place a monument referencing God in a public plaza. The mind set is frighteningly the same. All that varies is the degree of violence being used to act on violence they use, not the mind set. it. Until America roots out its own religious extremists, it truly can only criticize Muslim extremists over the level of violence , not the anti-religious freedom mindset exhibited. Simply put, conservative Christians are NOT nice or decent people. The larger public needs to wake up to this reality. Here are highlights from The Raw Story on the batshitery taking place in Mobile:
Responding to a question posed on a Facebook page — maintained by Alabama television station WKRG — asking for opinions on a recent proposal for a privately-funded atheist display, self-identified Christians filled the comment section with vitriol and hatred for a woman speaking for a Mobile atheist group.
According to the Friendly Atheist, WKRG focused the question, not on the display itself, but on Amanda Scott who represented the Mobile Atheist Community.
“FACEBOOK QUESTION: What are your thoughts on a local woman who wants to see an Athiest motto placed next to the words “In God We Trust” at Government Plaza?,” WKRG posted.
What followed were several thousand comments — many deleted now– attacking Scott, wishing for her death, telling her to leave the country, and criticizing her appearance.
Scott opposed the Mobile County Commission’s approval of a privately funded “In God We Trust” display at the Government Plaza, saying, “I strongly urge the commission to reject the display ‘In God We Trust. It would only serve to divide Mobile on religion when we’re already so divided on other issues.”
Responding to Scott, one Facebook commenter suggested she be shot for “treason,” with another writing “she’ll burn in hell when her time comes.”
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