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Originally Posted by nik-
No, that's not what I'm saying at all. I'm saying "respect the religion" didn't come up when it was Catholics being hammered because no one was afraid of them. Now that there's fear of violence, all of a sudden "respect" comes out of the woodwork, making it a load of bull####.
Every religion should be treated the same in people's willingness to mock their stupidity. Claiming you shouldn't do it out of respect for the religion isn't about respect at all. It's about fear of reprisal which makes it a hypocritical response and therefore unworthy of the respect it demands.
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It's not just that. Liberals (myself included) have always been more comfortable questioning and/or mocking the religion of the majority than the religion of a group of people that is already marginalized in our Western societies.
To some extent, I think that's a good thing, but no belief system should be above criticism or even ridicule as long as we're careful to target the belief rather than the people who believe it.