In his "Powerline"
article posted on the IW main page, Scott Johnson [1] refers to atheists as "nut-balls."
"In promoting the disgusting conspiracy myths of
radical "truthers" and extremist Muslims, Ellison is simply working
his latest hustle to the growing audience in the nut-ball box. It's an audience
that includes the Minneapolis atheists who fancy themselves too intelligent to
believe in God."
Scott's opinion about atheists might be worth more if he actually took some time to research its basis. Does he present any evidence that atheists (or a majority of them) are "nut balls"? No. And even if it were the case that atheists were mostly nut-balls, that would still not establish the existence of God. On the other hand, if Scott were to present me with evidence of God's real existence, I'd be willing to consider that evidence.
Scott ridicules Ellison's promise to uphold the rights of atheists, dismissing it as another appeal to a radical extremist group (which is what Scott considers atheists to be).
Here we see another example of an American Christian writer seemingly going out of his way to make a definite effort to alienate a small but growing percentage of the population.
[1] A brief look at the Powerline site indicates that the "Scott" in question is Scott Johnson, e.g., in his article he refers to a previous article of his, and in that previous article his full name is listed.
-Arch