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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean I also don't walk around with shirts saying "I don't watch football".  Generally you don't advertise a negative.[/quote]

Sounds like you see not believing in God as a negative.  I don't.[/quote]

No, a negative as in "proving a negative." An absence. 
[b]People don't wear T shirts announcing the things they don't believe, [/b]or don't care about, or don't feel are worth mentioning. [/quote]

In which planet do you live?! Here on Earth, I see antiracism shirts, anti bigotry shirts, etc, etc.  People announce what they don't believe all the time.[/quote]

Those are things they believe. I believe in anti racism, that's not the same as disbelieving racism or not being invested one way or the other in racism. An equivalent would I guess be anti-theism, which I suppose some atheists are. But most non-believers just don't care. They are not anti-religion, they are a-religious. [/quote]

What about a tee shirt you picked up at a convention?  Could be any convention, but in this case it's a meeting of the American atheist association.  [b]Some people [/b]might be hesitant to wear that around town.[/quote]

Who is "some people"? Is it you?
I think the slice of people who attend an atheist convention and buy the t-shirt, but are afraid to wear the t-shirt, is pretty small. I think it's a lot more likely that people simply don't care to own the t-shirt in the first place. 
But you seem really protective of these "some people" who are afraid to say they're atheists and need to have it normalized with tshirts so they can feel more confident. I am honestly not worried about these people, if they exist. They will figure themselves out. [/quote]

What if you didn't buy it - it comes with registration.

There are plenty of T-shirts out here, saying all sorts of stuff.

Are you the poster who likes to denigrate people  on line? there is probably more than one.  Will you answer the question?[/quote]

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