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Except there are people actually this stupid and crazy. We need a new word for that. Stupsane?
That won't do. Everyone knows gods protect fools, and madness is practically a subset of traditional divinity. Lumping these people in with insane idiots is very disrespectful.
Okay. Then how about... "MBA"?
Yeah
LOL imagine believing that gods are real and not just a desperate attempt by fearful monkeys to make sense of a random and indifferent universe. Or believing that Eris isn't there to cancel that shit out.
You know this is why nobody likes us atheists, right?
Yeah but look at all the fucks I give. Just look at em. I gave up trying to use logic to convince religious people ages ago when I realized that their immune to it.
That's entirely valid, and we have no quarrel there. If you assume a posture of superiority though, I only urge that you appear to be the genuine article.
I think it's already called a Straw Man.
Someone fake that people will attack and ridicule. And then, when pointed out that it's fake, people will backtrack and say silly things like "there are people actually this stupid and crazy" without an oz of awareness that nearly all their examples of others acting like that are, also, straw men.
That would be valid point if I haven't literally met people like this. I'm well aware of logical fallacies. Unfortunately reality is incredibly stupid and we all have to live with it.