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In reply to the discussion: If you have a strong moral objection to criticizing, satirizing or mocking deeply held beliefs [View all]Roy Rolling
(6,911 posts)Insulting people for their religious faith lumps everyone into one convenient group to skewer. In reality, people and groups are not so homogenous.
Atheism is a belief system the same as theism. And I'll tell anyone who mocks others' beliefs the same thing I tell religious zealots: you have no proof of life-after-death, so why are you so close-minded?
The straw man argument is in full force here: "...why is it taboo." It is not "taboo", it is just bad manners. Which doesn't matter to some, and I can respect that. But if you want to be taken seriously, separate religion from politics.
Politicians who try to govern and prosthelyze constituents are idiots. But the shared belief of DUers is for progressive and democratic policies that enlighten and advance a society, not a shared belief that spiritual beliefs are the enemy.
Stay on the "offense" of promoting progressive ideas DUers, playing "defense" against the zillions of flawed belief systems is a perpetually unwinnable battle.