I am not convinced that militant (= fighting, aggressive) atheists do not exist

Hmm. Well, I'm an atheist and I'm often pretty aggressive in condemning some of the things people of faith get up to. Trying to force it down other people's throats (including their own children's, often under the dishonest guise of "religious education") being the most egregious of their sins. Acting as though a world awash with religious symbolism and the tacit acceptance of God's existence should be the default and deserving of our boundless respect. But I'm not militant because I'm an atheist. I honestly don't care what other people choose to believe, and am hardly likely to ever bring it up as a discussion point (I only react to stuff here, never start it). Don T is not an atheist and I'd put him at approximately on the same point on the anti-proselytising scale as meself (sorry, Don). Militant atheist is a very silly expression, and those who persist in employing it deserve all the derision they get.