But Wait! Do I give a rat's ass?

I hope that many "Believers perceive Atheists", its bad enough them not liking or understanding us, without bumping into us in the street because they can't see us.

I would have chosen different, less loaded terminology. Selectively ignorant. So utterly beholden to a religious ideology as to be intentionally blind to any facts that threaten that ideology. There are any number of highly educated, professionally successful people that are worthy of your ire. "Retarded" a doubly frought term, unfortunately.