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Indoctrination of Hypocrisy « Man In the Making — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:41:49 +0000

[…] with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle It’s been in the news recently that a group of atheists put the following image on a billboard in Minnesota. […]

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:24:24 +0000

http://freethoughtblogs.com/xblog/2012/01/24/atheist-billboard-erected-in-minneapolis/

By: proterozoic

proterozoic — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:23:04 +0000

Saw these on Pharyngula; please, please, if it’s not too late, for the love of gum change the typeface and the background color!

By: Eric Jayne

Eric Jayne — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:24:23 +0000

@lordshipmayhem: Yes. I totally agree with you that as long as we have a billboard with any message, no matter how innocuous, that is supplemented with the word “atheist” it will draw controversy.

We really wanted to keep the size of the child and text as big as possible. Unfortunately, we would have to significantly reduce the size of both in order to fit each sentence on one line.

@Lou Jost: Thank you. Greg is right, the logos have been removed. One of the big concerns is that it cluttered up the design and we really wanted to keep it bold and simple.

Here is a link to what the billboard will look like: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=211317648959613&set=a.114956245262421.24422.113574568733922&type=1&theater

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:28:59 +0000

I think the Logos may have been removed from the most recent version.

By the way, I suspect that the vast majority of people who are going to see this are the ones looking at it on the internet or TV news as the controversy rages.

By: Lou Jost

Lou Jost — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:13:09 +0000

Hi Eric,
Thanks for your willingness to take constructive criticism. Can I just reiterate that the logos (especially the crescent and star –who on earth thought of that??/) are likely to feed right-wingers’ misconceptions about atheism, without adding useful content? Thanks for your work on this worthy cause.
Lou
PS Imagine posting an atheist billboard in a predominantly muslim country, with a logo featuring a cross….

By: Eric Jayne

Eric Jayne — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:52:05 +0000

…and besides I thin most people can read the message in less than 5 seconds and it has the potential to get attention. Not to mention drivers and pedestrians will take the same route multiple times so they will see it for many cumulative seconds.

By: Eric Jayne

Eric Jayne — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:39:18 +0000

@Nepenthe – It appears that you’re under the assumption that this billboards will be on a freeway. It will be on a street with traffic controlled intersections where the speed limit will be 35-40mph. Many will be able to see it while at a stop light, walking or driving slowly. But you already seem to know everything about everything…

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 05:25:59 +0000

The atheists are drinking blood again!!!