Hating Thy Neighbor

Eugene and the Volokhs have a series of interesting, number-filled posts about America's hate affair with atheists; start here and scroll down.

Being more of an apagnostic myself, I have nothing useful to add to the discussion, except to suggest that there's something aesthetically ugly-sounding about the very word "atheist"; it's always struck me as evoking, I dunno, a frigid and snarly ape. Maybe the Deniers need some rebranding, though I suspect that, like most God-fearing Americans, they're not about to relinquish their hard-earned victimhood (ducks).