1. People who brush off any logical view on religion as a stupid and abrasive opinion that should not be stated.
2. People who have become an adult but do not have children yet, and so they feel that they have the magical right to tell parents and children alike that they do a stuffty job.
3. People against any sort of healthcare reform. It's not even radical, all it's going to do is create a government-funded insurance option. In England, where people are actually happy with the healthcare system, THE WHOLE THING IS SOCIALIZED.
4. People who think that faith should apply to anything or anyone else in the real world. Faith based belief is, by definition, irrational and illogical belief with no evidence. To try and influence matters of the world with it is pure idiocy.
5. People who assume that art has to conform to their standards.
6. People who hate America and its citizens. It's a stereotype of a huge population, and ironically some of the hate stems from
our so-called bigotry.
7. Relating to the above: bigotry, in terms of culture. Whether it is the shotgun-wielding redneck outside a shack in Virginia, or the angry British teenager who assumes that we Americunts are the worst thing in the world. (stuff, I just had a thought. Am I a bigot if I am bigoted towards a culture of bigots? :o)
8. People who say atheism is a religion. IT IS NOT, YOU'RE AN IGNORANT ZEALOT SHOUTING THINGS YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND. Atheism means simply the opposite of theism, or essentially the lack of belief. You can go one step further and be a strong atheist, saying that you believe there is no God or supreme deity, but that's not what atheism means.
9. The assumption that nothing matters after you are dead. Whether you say that your consciousness simply ceases and your body is slowly digested by various microbes and other larger multicellular creatures, or if you believe in an afterlife, people still matter. It is a uniquely human concept, that of morality, and it stems from our intricate social structure and the more basic instinct of compassion.
10. The assumption that our species is somehow a tier above all others. We may be dominant, but that doesn't mean we aren't still animals. All creation myths assume this, and it irritates me. Everything that we assume is a sign that we are above all others on anything else besides the food chain can be reduced to lesser instincts that we share with other animals.
Ten things that piss me off. If one of my ten pissed you off, it means you pissed me off.
I revised #7 because I am quite bigoted in terms of opinions, but not culture. An opinion is something you aren't born with and can change, so I find it's better to be intolerant of that than a culture or race. Just thought I'd do that before someone called me out on my hypocrisy
too badly.
