You’re PROBABLY Not An Asshole

Apparently some “Atheists” have been paying for an “Ad Campaign” on the “Buses” in “Jolly Old England.” The big bus-side ads read, “There’s Probably No God–so stop worrying and enjoy your life.” And now some salt-of-the-earth Canadians have apparently threatened to do the same on buses in Toronto, which has spurred Charles McVety, the head of the Canada Family Action Coalition, to condemn the ads as an “Attack” on his values. Quote:

“On the surface, I’m all for free speech…However, though, these are attack ads…These ads are not saying what the atheists believe, they are attacking what other people believe,” he said. “And if you look at the dictionary definition for…bigot, that’s exactly what it is, to be intolerant of someone else’s belief system.”

I find it hilarious that a mushy, equivocal throwaway like “There’s Probably no God” is painted as an attack. I find it doubly hilarious that the protest comes from Charles McVety, a crazy evangelical who has spent his career preaching intolerance.

Okay, Charles, I took you up on your challenge and looked up bigot in the dictionary. But, weirdly, I didn't find quite what you did in yours. In my dictionary under “bigot,” there’s a picture of you.

I also love the way you’re all for free speech “on the surface.” Whatever the fuck that means.