How is one absolute statement any better than another? To be honest, I think most of the stigma about atheists is the same kind of stigma about the religious: that they impose their belief and deny alternative points of view.
I'm not citing the behaviour of anyone in particular, but to be honest, I don't think perceived hedonism is responsible for modern negativity so much as absolutism is.
EDIT: And regardless of my beliefs, I think Richard Dawkins is an *******, so there's that figurehead atheists have going for them.
