There is a genuine concern that people are having their voices silenced. The fact that teaching that homosexual acts are sinful from a pulpit is chategorized as hate speech in places like Canada is a disquieting thought. That expressing an opinion can be criminalized is a very, very troubling thought to me. That the government or workplaces can require indoctrination into a political ideology is very troubling to me .. especially as my ideology is so frequently at odds with both ends of the political spectrum.
But the people in this article are hardly the poster children for that concern. They are the worst example of the this troubling trend mentioned above, those using that concern as a mask for their hate.
But frankly, I don't think that even hate speech should be criminalized. We should be able to say whatever we want. If the law is the only thing that keeps us civil, then our society is pretty far gone already. It is little different than the alarmingly increasing trend of parents calling in the police because their children won't obey. Is it wrong? Certainly. But this is just another example of legislating morality. It doesn't solve the problem, just addresses the converse symptom of it. It is exactly what I was talking about before, the dominionism is just different, but it is dominionism all the same.
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There is a genuine concern that people are having their voices silenced. The fact that teaching that homosexual acts are sinful from a pulpit is chategorized as hate speech in places like Canada is a disquieting thought. That expressing an opinion can be criminalized is a very, very troubling thought to me. That the government or workplaces can require indoctrination into a political ideology is very troubling to me .. especially as my ideology is so frequently at odds with both ends of the political spectrum.
But the people in this article are hardly the poster children for that concern. They are the worst example of the this troubling trend mentioned above, those using that concern as a mask for their hate.
But frankly, I don't think that even hate speech should be criminalized. We should be able to say whatever we want. If the law is the only thing that keeps us civil, then our society is pretty far gone already. It is little different than the alarmingly increasing trend of parents calling in the police because their children won't obey. Is it wrong? Certainly. But this is just another example of legislating morality. It doesn't solve the problem, just addresses the converse symptom of it. It is exactly what I was talking about before, the dominionism is just different, but it is dominionism all the same.