To criticise a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous but to criticise their religion, that is a right. Indeed, a duty, in my view.
The concept that certain ideas can be protected by law from criticism or ridicule is deeply damaging to intellectual discourse.
If you cannot criticise or ridicule an idea, then you cannot properly evaluate it. And if you cannot properly evaluate an idea, then you are not truly free to think about it.
That is why laws that protect religious beliefs from insult or ridicule are not just misguided, they are positively oppressive
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