Has General Discussion Been Hostile to Religious Believers recently?

[thucythucy]

370. I think you make a very good point.

The public sanctimony gets really tedious after a while, and the fact is that conservative religious people--generally if not almost always Republican--have been pushing their reactionary brand of faith and trying their best to blur the line between church and state for decades now. It's obnoxious, dangerous even, and deserves pushback.

The problem though is that many folks here seem to be directing their frustration at the believers on DU, who tend to be socially progressive, pro LGBT rights, pro-feminist, anti-racist, and pro-labor. It's like when somebody has a hard day on the job, and they come home and get all irritated with their spouse.

My impression too is we have a select few DUers who have taken it on as their personal mission in life to antagonize faithful DUers, maligning their sincerity and even their intelligence, and I think the OP is largely in response to that.

Just my humble opinion, as an agnostic, on what's been happening here.