
Spanish: 
No entiendo a S. E. Cupp.
Ella es comentarista de TV.
Antes estaba en "The Cycle" de la MSNBC.
Ahora está en "Crossfire"
de CNN,
que es la versión reiniciada.
Y siempre, su coartada
es que ella es conservadora,
y también atea. Eso hace que se destaque.
Resulta un poco raro, y muy interesante.
Lo que me resulta chocante,
es que es una especie de atea republicana,
y lo que más me molesta es su ateísmo.
Porque no tiene sentido,
porque habla de ello todo el tiempo.
Y cada vez que habla
de su ateísmo,
es como una atea
que se odia a si misma,
como si le decepcionara ser atea.
Ella ha dicho en su programa,
o en el que estuviese,
o en entrevistas,
que ojalá fuera
una persona de fe.
Que ojalá lo fuera, o que
realmente odia, más que nada,
el ateísmo militante.

English: 
I don't understand S. E. Cupp.
She's a commentator on TV.
She used to be on MSNBC's The Cycle
and now she's on CNN's Crossfire,
the rebooted version of that.
And her whole shtick
is that she's a conservative,
and she's also an atheist. And that makes her stand out,
and that's a little weird and very interesting, you know.
And it's-- What's appalling to me,
is that she's like a Republican atheist,
and the part that bothers me the most is her atheism.
And the reason is, it just makes no sense,
because she talks about it all the time.
And every time she talks
about her atheism,
she comes off as this
self-hating atheist,
like she's disappointed that she's an atheist.
She said on her show,
or on whatever show she was on,
or through interviews,
that she wishes
she was a person of faith.
She wishes she was, or she really hates,
more than anything else,
militant atheism.

Spanish: 
No sé qué quiere decir con eso,
porque los ateos no andan explotando cosas.
Una vez dijo que un grupo
de ateos era militante,
porque publicaron una puntuación
de candidatos presidenciales
y lo que opinaban sobre
la separación iglesia-estado.
Y que "esa cagada era un ejemplo
de ateísmo militante",
cosa que
no tiene sentido.
Otra cosa que dijo,
cuando estaba en MSNBC,
es que ella misma
no votaría por un
candidato ateo a la presidencia.
Y uno piensa: ¿Pero por qué no vota
por un ateo que piensa como ella?"
Y dijo
que ella no quiere
a nadie que represente
un 5% de la población.
Que ella no votaría por alguien
que represente
a tan pocas personas,
y que piense que todos los demás,
 todos los religiosos, están locos,
porque, ¿de qué sirve
un presidente que piense así?
Eso a mí me sorprendió
porque, si eres un candidato calificado,
republicano o demócrata,
probablemente demócrata,

English: 
And I don't really know what she means by that,
because it's not like atheists are blowing up anything.
One time she said, you know,
this group of atheists was militant,
because they released a scorecard
about the presidential candidates
and their take on
church-state separation issues.
And "that turd,
that was an example of militant atheism,"
which makes no sense.
One thing she also said,
this is back on MSNBC,
she said that she would not--
She herself,
would not vote for
an atheist candidate for president.
And you think, "Well, why would she not vote
for an atheist who thinks like she does?"
And she said
she doesn't want anyone
who represents, like,
5% of the population. She could not
bring herself to vote for someone
who represents so few people
and who thinks, you know, everyone else,
all the religious people, are crazy,
because why would you want
a president who thinks that?
And that was stunning to me:
1) Because, you know, if it was a qualified candidate,
Republican or Democrat
-- probably Democrat --

Spanish: 
¿por qué no votar por ellos,
si piensan igual que tú? Eso me sorprende.
Pero también, pensemos en
quienes se han postulado.
Barack Obama es negro y él representa...
¿Cuánto? La población negra es
un 15%, más o menos.
Pero nadie argumenta:
"Ah, él no es capaz de representar a todo el resto."
Mitt Romney es súper rico, y su riqueza
probablemente lo ubica en el 1% de los más ricos.
Pero no creo que muchos republicanos
dijeran: "No hay manera de que él
sea un mal candidato
para el resto de la gente".
Y sé que hay demócratas
que dirían lo contrario.
Pero pensar que si alguien es de tal fe religiosa,
o de tal sistema de creencias, entonces
no nos representa a todos.
Y creen que todos los demás están equivocados.
Eso pasa con todos
los candidatos.
Cada candidato religioso piensa que todas
las demás religiones, y los ateos, están equivocados.
Pero eso no te impide decifr: "Aún así, ojalá
pueda representarme. No tiene que creer lo que yo creo".
"Ojalá encuentren la manera de representar
mis puntos de vista, y de hacer un buen trabajo

English: 
like, why would you not want to vote for them
if they believe the way you believe? That's amazing to me.
But also, I mean, think about
the people who have run.
I mean, Barack Obama is black and he represents...
What? Black people are probably
15% of the population,
give or take.
But no one's arguing that,
"Oh, he can't represent everybody else."
Mitt Romney is super wealthy, and his wealth
puts him probably in the top 1%.
But I don't think a lot of Republicans were saying,
"Well, there's no way he could not repre-- There's no way he could
be a bad candidate
for all the other people,"
and I know there were people who-- 
Democrats who would say otherwise.
But this idea that, "Oh, well, this person is
this religious faith, or this belief system and
they don't represent all of us.
And they think everyone else is wrong".
That is every candidate ever.
I mean, every religious candidate thinks
every other religion, and atheists, are wrong.
But it doesn't stop you from saying, "Well, I hope
they can still represent me. They don't have to believe what I believe."
"But I hope they find a way to represent my views
and, you know, they do a good job

English: 
and plus, it's religion--
I don't want to vote for a candidate
who's trying to preach
his atheism or her atheism,"
but that shouldn't be
an issue anyway.
So, anyway, I just don't understand
how S. E. Cupp works. I don't understand
what's going through her mind.
No one ever calls her out on it either, because it's
religion that she's talking about, and it's such a sensitive topic.
I mean, I've seen her
on Bill Maher show
and even Bill Maher
doesn't always,
you know, get into a big fight
about religion with her
because she's an atheist and he's kind of happy that
she is an atheist. He doesn't get the Republican part of it.
So, I just don't understand it
and
she won't respond to criticism
as far as I've seen.
She kind of voices
her opinion,
but usually she does it when
everyone else around her is religious
and they're just taken aback by the fact
that she's an atheist. Period.
And the rest of it, they just don't do
a very good job of calling her out
on these issues that, you know, most atheists
everywhere are just cringing when they see her.

Spanish: 
y además, es religión...
No quiero votar por un candidato
que trata de predicar
su ateísmo".
Pero ese no debería
ser un problema.
En fin, simplemente no entiendo
cómo piensa S. E. Cupp.
No entiendo lo que cruza por su mente.
Nadie se atreve a retarla tampoco, porque ella
está hablando de religión, y ese es un tema muy delicado.
La he visto en
el programa de Bill Maher.
y el mismo Bill Maher
no siempre
se pone a discutir
con ella sobre religión
porque ella es atea, y a él le agrada que ella
lo sea. Él no capta el aspecto republicano.
Simplemente, no lo entiendo.
Y hasta donde he visto,
ella no responde a las críticas.
Ella expresa su opinión,
pero suele hacerlo cuando
todos a su alrededor son religiosos
y están sorprendidos por el hecho
de que ella es atea.
Y el resto de la gente hace tan
pobre esfuerzo de retarla
en estos temas, que la mayoría
de ateos se reprime cuando la ve.

English: 
So, hey, S. E. Cupp, if you're watching this,
we would love to hear back from you and I'd love to know
why you use terms like militant atheist, why you
think that voting for an atheist candidate would be bad,
when everyone's voting for someone
who tends to think like they do.
And why you really want to be religious?
Because if you don't believe God exists,
then good.
Take that like you should be
happy about that. You should be
glad you're an atheist,
that you found a way to not believe in God
even though everyone around you probably does.
Like, embrace it.
It's a good thing.
My name is Hemant Mehta and I write
at FriendlyAtheist.com
We'd love to hear from you. So, please
leave your questions and comments below.

Spanish: 
Así que, oye, S. E. Cupp, si estás viendo esto,
nos encantaría saber de ti y me encantaría saber
por qué usas términos como "ateo militante",
y por qué crees que votar por un candidato ateo sería malo,
cuando todo el mundo vota
por quien tiende a pensar igual que ellos.
¿Y por qué quieres ser religiosa?
Si crees que Dios no existe,
entonces todo bien.
Tómalo como algo
que debe alegrarte.
Deberías alegrarte de ser atea,
de haber encontrado una manera de no creer en Dios,
aunque tal vez todos los que te rodean sí crean.
Abrázalo. Es algo bueno.
Me llamo Hemant Mehta y escribo
en FriendlyAtheist.com
Nos encantaría saber de ti. Por favor,
deja tus preguntas y comentarios debajo.
