The More Dogmatic The Ideologue, The More Boring The Asshole

Or so it seems to me at least. Extremists of the Right, Left, and Christian varieties get most of the press, invariably from the opposing camp. Uber-Christians and Right-Wingers catching most of the heat as the press is the opposing camp.

Thats not to say the press is run by left-wing fanatics, by in large they are just left-wing. That being said they are all dicks.

Less discussed but equally and perhaps more worthy of derision are your Muslim, Libertarian, and Atheist fanatics. I'm not going to say much about Muslims out of fear for my life, which I'm afraid is also a key factor in the remarkable lack of criticism (that and PC considerations) those fuckheads receive. Lets face it, Islamists are over the top, off the charts, sawing-off-your-head scary. Maybe thats one reason most of your Atheists choose to pick on Christians and Jews instead; pussies.

Now I hate to say it, but Libertarians and Atheists most closely parallel my own philosophy. I part from the Libertarians in that I recognize todays world poses some challenges the founders did not envisage. Especially in regards to international relations, and the need for a coherent defense. I part from Atheists in that I cannot subscribe to the conceit that I know with certainty that which is impossible to know for certain (kind of the same bitch I have with organized religion).

The reason I hate to say it is because in my experience (and let me say right up front I have no data to prove it) I find Libertarians and Atheists to be far more intolerant, dogmatic, and outspoken, percentage wise then their peers in extremist kookdom. All of those aforementioned ideologies smell, but they each have their own particular odor.

Libertarian fanatics exude the combined funk of the left and right making them unbearably odiferous. Atheist fanatics chiefly exude the distilled funk of the left, but peculiarly and counter-intuitively it is infused with the pungency of fanatic intolerance that so often characterizes religious fundamentalism.

I have no way of knowing if their is a supernatural force or not. I don't think anyone else does either. Faced with that reality, I find myself supremely disinterested in religion, as I figure that is a mystery that will eventually reveal itself regardless of what I do. Though I find the costumes, the mythology, and the hocus-pocus all kind of silly, I do recognize that people find comfort in the practice, and I don't begrudge them that. I also don't care if they want to erect their symbols across the landscape, and in the public squares. I recognize also that I am a minority in this largely Christian nation, and I figure if they are willing to tolerate me I should be willing to tolerate them. Furthermore I am supremely grateful for one great gift they have given me, the Judeo-Christian Ethic.

It is for all those reasons I find the petty lawsuits, the vitriol and the supreme arrogance of the bigoted Atheists perhaps the worst-smelling of all... and the most boring.