About the same ratio of people posting on this thread. 
And this from a man who never uses sarcasm…
I thought he was being serious.
Your point is?
So, it’s still in poor taste to post such an attack on a list frequented by a number of people of the attacked group.
Right.
So you’re saying if fewer Atheists frequented here, it would be OK…
Well, if it was on a Christian forum i’d roll my eyes, but I wouldn’t really have much ability to complain, even if it’s still not the greatest thing for the spirit as far as i’m concerned, and probably not a great thing to promote in any context. But here it’s like spouting off a string of off-color jokes about ‘stupid (insert list of bad stereotypes here) Mexicans’ in mixed company that noticably includes a number of Latinos of various walks of life. Bad form, really.
Right.
Like you’re saying that would be OK on the KKK Just Conversation Pages…
No, i’m not saying it would be OK there, really. It’s wrong to say things that are offensive to a group of people like that as a rule. But it is also offensive to say things offensive to a group of people -to people in that group- on top of that. If it’s a little secluded forum, they’re just doing the one wrong, whereas here, both come into play.
wait…what?
Ok, its understandable that you took this and were slightly offended…but really, its not bad form at all, it was a joke…just because you don’t get it doesn’t mean its a bad joke…If I, a christian can laugh at a family guy episode, then surlely you can get over yourself and find the humor in it…i mean come on…extra drippy ice-cream???
And yet it’s perfectly ok for the the “other side” (to put it bluntly) to do the same thing regarding christians???
Not especially.
The other list was a bit more tolerable, because it didn’t make statements of how all X are wrong. I sure as hell wouldn’t post it in a forum full of a lot of christians, though.
Because of the upbringing and theoretical political leanings and such that I have, I don’t really like to say what a group should be saying behind closed doors to each other. It’s probably not a great thing to be saying, but if it stays where nobody cares, I really can’t justify going all thought police on you, not because it’s OK for them to say it to each other, but because it’s none of my business. But saying the same things in a mixed community is divisive, hurtful, and short-sighted; I have no problems saying that those things should not be posted.