And you do understand that this assertiveness is ALWAYS going to have some backlash, don't you?
Why? And even so, what has that got to do with the thesis of my post?
My point is that atheists for some reason resent the theist expression, but try to build themselves a philosophical shelter to ward off the resentment of the theist when theists are similarly pressed.
At least for the theist, that resentment is understandable in that the theist conviction is that it is promoting a universal truth, whereas the atheist should have no reason to proselytize.
If atheism is, in fact, a hole where others have belief, they shouldn't care what others believe.