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Atheists on the [[Secular left|left end of the political spectrum]] have made various attempts to portray atheists as an oppressed minority, but this has not mitigated the low opinion and/or antipathy many theists holds towards atheists for multiple reasons.

Atheists on the [[Secular left|left end of the political spectrum]] have made various attempts to portray atheists as an oppressed minority, but this has not much lessoned the low opinion and/or antipathy many theists holds towards atheists for multiple reasons.

First, the atheist population in the [[Western World]] is skewed towards white, atheist men in both adherents and positions of influence within the atheist community (see: [[Western atheism and race]] and [[Atheism and women]]). So it is difficult for atheists to portray themselves as an oppressed minority.  

First, the atheist population in the [[Western World]] is skewed towards white, atheist men in both adherents and positions of influence within the atheist community (see: [[Western atheism and race]] and [[Atheism and women]]). So it is difficult for atheists to portray themselves as an oppressed minority.  

Secondly, historically atheists have often used oppressive governmental actions to promote their ideology/[[Atheist worldview|worldview]] (see:  [[Militant atheism]] and [[Suppression of alternatives to evolution]] and [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]]). And atheists are not known for the empathy and charitableness (see: [[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]]).  

Secondly, historically atheists have often used oppressive governmental actions to promote their ideology/[[Atheist worldview|worldview]] (see:  [[Militant atheism]] and [[Suppression of alternatives to evolution]] and [[Atheism and Mass Murder|Atheism and mass murder]]). And atheists are not known for the empathy and charitableness (see: [[Atheism and charity|Atheism and uncharitableness]]).  And in many cases atheists organizations have acted in a manner that displays a tone deafness for the consequences it will have on public opinion (removing a grieving mother's roadside cross erected in memory of her late son who died in an accident, the 9/11 cross, beloved community manger seasons, etc.).  

Furthermore, atheists have earned a reputation for arrogance (see: [[Atheism and arrogance]]).  

Furthermore, atheists have earned a reputation for arrogance (see: [[Atheism and arrogance]]).