Rich and Strange Aeons

That can happen even to unabashed atheists. "Hitler and Stalin were atheists and killed millions of people!" And people who aren't atheist, like Epicurus or Thomas Paine, can get slapped with the atheist label.

Reaction to Sam Harris's call to not be "atheist" seems to be settling on "opprobrium follows labels, as negroes^Wcoloreds^Wblacks^WAfrican-Americans and moron^Wretarded^Wspecial children can tell you, and labels get tacked on anyway, so we should imitate the gays/queers and turn it into pride." "Yes I am atheist, what's it to you?"