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sir_sean_conner · 4715 days ago · link · · parent · post: In case you missed the other site's recent debacle - Skepchick: Reddit Makes Me Hate Atheists
r/atheism's strong views can most likely be attributed to group polarization: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_polarization
If you take any group of people unified by a cause and put them together their previous views will become much stronger then before they met. It happens with most groups and Reddit is a perfect place to observe this. I don't think asshole atheists join r/atheism, but they become assholes after hearing only one sided arguments were opposing views are discouraged due to how people upvote/downvote.