Important context: This was an instance of a crowd crush caused by poor crowd control.

edit: action has now been taken against the offending comment :)

(also some of you guys in the comments here have been yoinked by mods too… just be nice? this post was not an invitation to test out your boundaries)

by opening this spoiler you acknowledge that brigading and harrassment are against the rules

link to post in question: https://lemmy.world/comment/10965360

    • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
      43·
      3 days ago

      r/atheism and its consequences have been disastrous to the traditional practice of being a decent human being online

        • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
          4·
          2 days ago

          Riiiiiiiight it’s atheists that are the problem. Not just shitty people who happen to be atheist…

          90% of religious people have a similar reaction when people complain about shitty people who happen to be religious.

          Turns out you find shitty people in every group. Who knew?

          • imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
            4·
            1 day ago

            Problem is atheists are complaining about the people who run the religion, there’s no “head of the atheism”

              • imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
                1·
                1 day ago

                They’re not complaining either. They’re mocking. You’re talked about complaining about bad people when atheists say these are bad Christians. They’re talking about the heads of churches usually or heads of political parties. You know the people with influence and power.

                When you talk about bad atheists you talk about randommorons on the internet who are mocking people who don’t deserve it

                • CileTheSane@lemmy.ca
                  1·
                  1 day ago

                  You know the people with influence and power.

                  Who are shitty people that happen to be religious. Criticise them for being shitty and pushing shitty policies, don’t pretend that every prison who happens to be religious is responsible for them or believes and behaves in the same way.

          • imPastaSyndrome@lemm.ee
            14·
            3 days ago

            Claiming that /r/atheism has any significant impact on the internet culture as a whole is just the silliest thing to claim without evidence or explanation of any sort. It doesn’t even say what he’s claiming they did to the internet’s culture just an implication that it was bad.

            Pretty empty table pounding statement

            • alyth@lemmy.world
              9·
              2 days ago

              This statement hardly merits the same level of proof as a scientific publication. The original post is an example of the obnoxious behavior you find on r/atheism.
              They feel superior to and smarter than religious people. In this extreme case, the poster expresses feeling superior to people who died in a stampede that took place at a religious event.
              Internet atheists who think they are superior to believers / Believers who think they are superior to atheists are two sides of the same coin.

        • spujb@lemmy.cafeOPEnglish
          9·
          3 days ago

          With emphasis, no, it’s shitty people who happen to be atheist who are the problem. :) Just to clarify, because I would never make that first statement.

          “the silliest thing to claim without evidence or explanation of any sort”

          You are right, I left a lot implied because my sentiment is a fairly common one. But fair to point out—my apologies. Here is a citation showing that I am far from the first person to hold this opinion on r/atheism.

          Note again that I don’t hold any prejudice against any belief system; I only hold that r/atheism in particular historically fostered a culture of toxicity which makes anti-religious prejudice and personal attacks more common compared to offline spaces.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      18·
      3 days ago

      While not impossible elsewhere. Extremely large crush killings like this happen with alarming regularity at religious events.

      • Tar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.works
        14·
        3 days ago

        Concerts and sporting events have rules and regulations to prevent this nowadays. Guess who cries “persecution” when you try the same for them.

        Also, a lot of these events are in the poorer countries, where these regulations don’t exist.

        And also because, apparently, god doesn’t want to rescue these people.