most people are willing to be courteous to you regardless of your religious affiliation, but privately a great deal of people in the south hold negative opinions of atheists and members of other religions. my own family includes people that privately say really awful things about atheists, muslims, gays, blacks, mexicans, you name it. but they are really polite to other people in person.
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I'm "kind of a big deal".
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