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If golf were responsible for as much tragedy as religion, congregations of anti-golfers would make a lot of sense.

No one cares if you're a non-golfer. Atheists in quite a lot of the country (and the world, for that matter), are a notable minority group. "Persecution" implies a bit more gravity that I'd aim for in describing it, but certainly there's enough of a cultural "thing" about it that it should no longer surprise anyone that atheists might want to congregate together and talk about it.

If someone influential had a plan to buy out some beloved public property and make a golf course there I'd bet there would be a lot of meetings of anti-golfers discussing of not so much how they hate golf but how much it's pointless and adversly affects their community.

Somewhat related: this memorable 20-second _Kids In The Hall_ skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-pzFNTo8L8

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