As agnostics and atheists, some of us have been waiting for a long time for a video like this. Most of us also realize how one of the few roadblocks to free speech is the spectral presence of ‘religious sentiment’ – something that lets any over-sensitive, entitled person to step on the mere existence of atheistic beliefs. Simply critiquing a religion can cite to blasphemy.
People talk about Islamophobia, Hinduphobia and whatnot. But one of the most persecuted minorities in human history is the non-believer. From being burned at the stake in medieval times to being lashed/be-headed/assassinated in certain places even now, non-believers who have expressed themselves have been victimized for stating the obvious.
This is not a rant. It’s the truth. And we’re happy, Badlaav made a fairly simple but poignant video about it. Check it out.