Interfaith Group

I think there is more tolerance and acceptance of other religions or no religion in NY, but I think privilege is still there. Just think of the way the city honors and accommodates christian holidays. Despite the large jewish population, there is no such accommodation made for jewish holidays.

I agree that there is no privilege on DU because the religious that participate in matters concerning religion do not outnumber the non-religious participants. Plus it is pretty clear who is loudest.

Those that claim that there is some kind of anti-atheist agenda or prejudice on the site really have a distorted vision. I would bet that the data would support no such thing if one looked at numbers of alerts and results of those alerts. But the fantasy is fairly well embedded and not likely to change.

Unfortunately, the DU dynamic may keep religious believers from being as sensitive as they might be to the privilege that exists outside the site.