Tip #22 Handle Tragedies With Care
Jun. 21st, 2015 10:17 pmI had intended to make this another tip on how to start the conversation you want in the first place. I'll come back to that next tip. But, recent events suggest that certain elements of the conversation need to take priority.
I may not be able to stop mass-shootings or ease the pain they cause. I will, however, do one little thing to help improve the conversations that happen around them.
After the Columbine shooting, the alt.atheism.net newsgroups received claims from Christians that the shooters were motivated by atheism. For some of them, the logic was that it was a mass-shooting, therefore they must be atheists.
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I may not be able to stop mass-shootings or ease the pain they cause. I will, however, do one little thing to help improve the conversations that happen around them.
After the Columbine shooting, the alt.atheism.net newsgroups received claims from Christians that the shooters were motivated by atheism. For some of them, the logic was that it was a mass-shooting, therefore they must be atheists.
( Read more... )