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Originally Posted by WOMBAI
But I respect his right to believe in what he wants without ridicule!
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The suggestion that every cult deserves to just exist and not to be questioned...
no, sorry.
I am not anti religion, or anti freedom to believe, but there have been just far far too many destructive and exploitative cults in modern history to extend automatic respect to any of them.
I have looked at these 'New Ecstatics' and see just ex junkies using 'exciting' drug slang to attract disenfranchised and and vulnerable individuals into their grasp. It's clearly a transparent and calculated use of language to target a specific dynamic of easy manipulated teens and ex addicts.
We challenge and pose questions through ridicule, satire is part of our political heritage. Anyone that tries to shut that down is attempting to shut down our right to free speech.
He can believe what he wants, I won't fight his right to freedom of speech, but theres no way I have to respect it.