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Originally Posted by Megan  I made it very clear that I was not advocating censorship, so I have no idea how that answer was responsive.
As for it being merely "politically correct" to warn against suggesting that people might need to be killed for their beliefs (not their actions, their beliefs), I find it astonishing that you could trivialize that outcome.
The stand-out historical precedent that warns against killing people for their beliefs is the Holocaust! Trivialize that! Dare you? |
No, no, Megan, please listen. I just re-read my remark and see that it could read as snarky, but I promise you I didn't mean it that way.
I am absolutely clear that you don't advocate censorship, quite the contrary, and in no way meant to imply that you did.
I was not connecting political correctness to the warning you mention. My only intention was to say what MY priority was, not to trivialize any other priority, and I added the "others lie elsewhere" as a way of honoring those other priorities. When I wrote "polical correctness", I was thinking of Harris' and Dawkins' politically incorrect opposition to religion, and worried about censorship (not by you) of them. My "okay" at the beginning was meant as a friendly agreement that I AGREED with your suggestion of looking at historical precedent.
Yikes! I feel so thoroughly misunderstood over this post! I will be more careful in future posts. Sorry, Megan, offending you was the last thing I would want to do.