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Re:Bitcoin Is the First New Religion of the 21st Century by ur-whale on Monday January 04, 2021 @02:25PM (#25636560)
>describe people that disagree about the efficacy of Bitcoin

That's not what most people mean when they use the term.

It specifically means: people who do not own Bitcoin and are very sour to have missed a once in a lifetime opportunity and will attack it out of pure spite.

Re:Bitcoin Is the First New Religion of the 21st Century by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday January 04, 2021 @02:36PM (#25636724)
That's not quite true. it's the mentality of "The only _possible_ reason why this person doesn't like bitcoin is that they are very sour to have missed a once in a lifetime opportunity etc."

Using that kind of pejorative term for anyone who's not in the inside, is very much cult-like thinking.

it's the same framing device as if I referred to "People who have turned their back on Jesus" instead of "atheists".

Re:Bitcoin Is the First New Religion of the 21st Century by weare138 on Monday January 04, 2021 @04:35PM (#25638447)
I've seen multiple bitcoin advocates make comments using that trope to counter any criticism of bitcoin no matter how sound the critique was.