Apr 08 2012
Baba Brinkman slayed the crowd with his extensive lexicon and concise delivery at Fort Bragg last weekend. Then he wrote to all of his fans about it: Last weekend Mr. Simmonds and I traveled to Fort Bragg, NC for Rock Beyond Belief, the historical first on-base rock concert for military non-believers. The day got off to …
Apr 02 2012
I am the recipient of electronic mail. This message came through the atheist festival’s contact form on the morning of the festival. It had been raining pretty hard all morning. From: mike Subject: wx Message Body: enjoying the weather today? Sorta like a flood, huh? Yeah… It stopped raining just after this email was sent. …
Mar 20 2012
I’m so proud of Fort Bragg’s embrace of the atheist festival. They just posted it prominently on their Facebook page, as promised. Predictably, the trolls are already out. Please, help us. [edit: please note there is a 2nd post that desperately needs some of your help!] Melissa wrote: “I have been praying for this, pray that …
Mar 19 2012
People are starting to make noise about Nate Phelps joining the Reason Rally lineup last week. And for good reason: the Westboro Baptist Church / God Hates Fags hate-speech advocates may be clashing face to face with Nate (son of the infamous patriarch behind WBC, and blood-relative to nearly all them.) But I don’t think word …
Mar 15 2012
I get email, too: There are no atheists in foxholes buddy they all cry out to God when the shells are raining in. To hold an antheist event on a military post is unacceptable. Leave people alone and quit pushing your views on people. Without GOD our country wouldnt be what it is today and …
Feb 11 2012
Troll e-mail has increased dramatically over at the revolution festival’s shiny new website. Practice makes perfect, I suppose This is a disgusting thing you are doing. I fought for the right to practice my faith as a born again CHRISTIan. The wickedness you are doing is anti-American. -Douglas Nicholas But I’m not sure how I’d ever …
Jan 29 2012
I receive email. Craig Campbell writes: why can’t you just live and let live,i bet you if the bullets were flying your way faggot boy you’d be praying cockbite,so justin go fuck yourself and its too bad your a minority How do I even ‘pray cockbite’? If I catch a religious soldier praying cockbite when bullets …
Nov 30 2011
Being a highly visible atheist in the military, I get a steady trickle of threats of violence, and absurd walls of text. It goes with the territory. I was just cleaning out the spam trap when I found this gem. I will hunt you down. – Terry Wrist IP: 180.95.XX.XX Obviously I censored the IP. It …
The free festival on Fort Bragg's Main Post Parade Field was a massive success! Expect updates, highlights, and other footage over the next few months.
UPDATE: A second festival is in the works for Camp Pendleton - a large Marine Corps base near San Diego, CA. Summer 2013
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Mar 17 2012
“The military needs god’s protection not some wacko like you”
Atheist
by Justin Griffith
I am the recipient of comments. Sometimes I’ll get a rapid-fire volley from a single person, too impulsive to resist the warm embrace of the ‘submit’ button. Their brains are mid-explosion, possibly their underpants too. Like this: This person says that I need to get out of the military and America. Then he went on for …
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Tags: Atheist closet, comments, Justin Griffith, trolls, wackos, Weirdos
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