The tone of your post seems to suggest that their anger has littlle or no validity. Perhaps is it your own assumption that is lacking.

They don't bother me. The ones that bother me are the old Christian politicians who are trying to change the laws in this country to match "Christian values" and remove women's rights, make it ok to teach creationism in schools, chip away at the separation of church and state and refuse to do anything about mass shootings.
They are eroding the principles this country was built on.

I don't think being politically correct, and tiptoeing around religious people is going to change anything. Maybe standing up for what's true will.

Can you think of a more appropriate response to discovering you've been fooled for the majority of your life?

They have a right to an actng out period in this country.

It takes a few years to learn that raised volume is not the best way to be heard.

We've got a few of those folks on here. That attitude isn't for me. I'll take a pass on the whole rageing against the gnostic machine thing.

Life is far too short to be going off on some time wasting crusade against a bunch of dim bulbs who believe that a sky fairy with a white beard sits on a cloud and watches in judgement over us all. I'd much rather spend the limited time I have in this life traveling, getting laid and having as much fun as possible with my friends.

Work and other obligations already take up too much time I'd rather be using for the aforementioned pursuits. If I'm going to add to that time, I'd rather do so by participating in the arena of politics where I can make a difference that actually matters.

Let the sky fairy believers believe what ever cockamamie bullshit they like, so long as they keep that crap out of the halls of my government.

I came to solid atheism from a state of not really caring. So I don't really have any pent up anger to release. As a result, I don't troll or do the ironic evangelism thing, but if someone goes on the offensive against me, I calmly destroy them. If anything, it's a lot more fun than attacking the religious.

It is the same way with the believers. Being overbearing only alienates people. Let alone it's rude and out of line. Do I think that the believers are foolish for choosing the path they have? Of course! It's nonsensical. I it gives them strength though, I'm all for anything. Whether they are AYA or AOldA, they're difficult to deal with. I have found that the ones probed to be angry don't lose that with age. Their contempt for the world overrides their caring for other people amd maturity no matter the age.

I think we've all been there. Years of pent up frustration and anger. Heck I'm still there on bad days. When I see all the things Christians are doing to make my life miserable there are times I just have to vent. So I'm very sympathetic to the AYA as ya name em. But you're right. Evangelizing and attacking people is not our job and its way more productive to be less aggressive. But It's something that you can't just teach, it's something everyone has to come to on their own. People should be proud if they can overcome the struggle and still come out polite. And for the people who can't let go of the anger, we can condemn it but also just understand where they're coming from. They might not be sure what to say or feel like anyone's on their side, so it's important to be there for them too.

The more I'm subjected to having what the believers want forced upon me, the angrier I become. Sometimes, anger is totally justified, and expressing it is completely reasonable.

Beats an AOE (Angry Old Evangelical).

its not so much an angry young athiest, but more like just an angry athiest. Age doesn't seem to have anything to do with it. its important to recognise the difference between rational critique of ideas and hatred. But I agree there are some very angry athiests out there.

Even early on in my time as an atheist I shyed away from conflict with Christians, I haven't seen the point in conversing with them since almost all in my area can't be swayed with any argument.

LOL! I'm still sort of an AOA (angry old agnostic) because I got into a few dust-ups at website I used to frequent, for missionary kids (MKs).

I know some AOAs too. Angry Old Atheists can be just as obnoxious.

Interesting point.. On one of my few trips home from college on the city bus (instead of my car), I listened to several AYA’s verbally beating down a religionist ‘our age.’ I couldn’t help but smile at some their points, agreeing totally, but their hostility, arrogance, and gang mentality reminded me of it’s religious equivalent...

Kept looking out the window … while ingraining within my brain that I’d not be that kind of Atheist. It’s rare when we’re not outnumbered (this place is a thrill), so I’ve rarely if ever had an opportunity to gang up (try picketing a pope), but would never want to be viewed equally hostile to a relitionite … though that’s not always easy..

The militant atheist is a lot like the militant Christian in one way. They both claim to know the unknowable. Since no proof of there claims is available, they must resort to shouting their claims in people's faces. As an agnostic, I can say that god as portrayed in the bible seems extremely unlikely. But do I know that for sure? OF COURSE NOT, because it is unknowable, and that is ok....... "that is ok" is where the peace is.

AYA seems to only be a thing for old exhausted anybodies.

Approach is important as you will catch more zombies with fresh flesh rather than rotten flesh.

To any angry atheist I would say, "Your anger may be valid, but is your anger worth sacrificing your position?"

Also, politeness can absolutely be wasted, just like anything else.

I don't think it's impolite to disagree with someone. That's the kind of attitude id like to change. I'm happy there are militants, but I agree there has to be a forum for that. A Christian site would be preaching decovertance to the converted. It's just a waste of time

Fortunately not

Ive seen a few on FaceBook and I just slither away ...............

I think you're just describing a common subset of young people of any stripe. Some of them take awhile to acquire epistemological humility; a few of those never do. It happens. Not unique to atheism, either.

My grown son is a passionate atheist, but the God he doesn't believe in is nothing like my personal concept of God. THEN he pulls out one of the many books I've given him...he is very angry, so angry that one of his uncles asked if he'd been abused by a proiest.