Atheists are not the most hated group in America, but no one really likes us

Recently, especially since the CNN special on Atheists in America in which American Atheists President David Silverman claimed that atheists are the most hated group in America, a heavy debate has picked up to either support or negate this claim.As it happens, back in July of 2014, I wrote such a piece for AlterNet titled, America's Overwhelming Contempt Toward Atheists and Muslims, and in the piece I looked at a recent survey done by PEW Research that looked at religious demographics and Ame...