excelsiorlef
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Atheism exists in opposition to religion. If religion wasn't a thing, 'Atheism' wouldn't be a word.
Not really....
It just means you personally don't believe in a god.
Being an atheist doesn't require you to oppose the sheer existence of religious beliefs in others
One can also oppose an ideology whilst criticising the same ideology (or parts of the same ideology).
Edit: man, I truly messed that up. Let me try again:
One can support someone's right to practice an ideology whilst one also criticises that same ideology.
But criticism doesn't equal being anti something. Anti implies saying it shouldn't exist.
I criticize white america all the time... doesn't mean I'd call myself anti-American or anti-white.
Whereas I do call myself anti-racist and anti-white supremacy because both of those things should be eradicated from society.