btw.. I personally know many athiests, there are quiet a few in the area I live in also on hi5 facebook etc and the one thing they all have in common is throwing tantrums everytime religon is mentioned
I have to suggest again that you don't know that many. How many can you count that you know, and then how many exist in the world? Compare that number and see your percentage.
We could do the exact same thing with Muslims and terrorism/suicide bombings, etc. How many Muslims commit those acts that we know of? Should we judge everyone by those few? No, we shouldn't. And we shouldn't judge all atheists poorly because of bad experiences with a few.