Disclaimer The opinions expressed herein are my own personal opinions and do not represent my employer's view in anyway.
Jonah Goldberg has a problem with Darwin Fish:
I find Darwin fish offensive. First, there’s the smugness. The undeniable message: Those Jesus fish people are less evolved, less sophisticated than we Darwin fishers.The hypocrisy is even more glaring. Darwin fish are often stuck next to bumper stickers promoting tolerance or admonishing that "hate is not a family value." But the whole point of the Darwin fish is intolerance; similar mockery of a cherished symbol would rightly be condemned as bigoted if aimed at blacks or women or, yes, Muslims.
You know what Jonah... get over it. Seriously, because everyone does this sort of thing on their cars... even Christians. Being a Christian, I frankly don't find "Darwin Fish" any more offensive than an atheist might find the litany of Christian Bumper Stickers out there which declare:
None of these bumper stickers, not even the Darwin Fish, are in your face saying "You're a moron, and an *sshole for believing what you do"... but they're all subtle jabs at people who don't believe exactly what we, the driver of the car, believe. Personally I have two stickers on my car... an MSOE Alumni sticker, and a USAT sticker. I don't have them on my car because I think you all should go to MSOE or compete in triathlons, but rather, because I'm personally proud of those two accomplishments for myself. The Jesus Fish also fits that description. It simply says "I'm a Christian". Good for you.
But when bumper stickers turn from saying I believe in something, to you ought to believe in it too... guess what... people aren't going to like it. It's called speech, and any time you do it to suggest what other people ought to do which they currently don't do, you're bound to offend people... even if you're a Christian. For Jonah to talk about the hypocrisy of the Darwin Fish as if Christians don't often times do the exact same thing with a different message is... well... hypocritical and really ironic.
That's why I sell this bumper sticker at my Cubicle Revenge Store:
You're more than welcome to buy one, and thanks for your support.