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(25,699 posts)A sure sign of a quality debate ahead.
"Progressive values" must include rushing to the defense of a film that presents an entire swath of the human race as deplorable, subhman scum, inherently evil monsters whose goal in life is to butcher good, wonderful people in other swaths of humanity.
Now, just between you and me, I'm not a fan of Islam. Nor Christianity, Wicca, Judaism, or any other weird little cult or belief someone wants to conjure up. I see them as little rocks that people duck under in order to hide from reality. I've never had a problem with parody, satire, or even just mockery.
But when you com out and you're like "I disagree with this religion so all the people who believe it are inherently evil, awful beings, and hte world would be better-off without them," well in my view, a line has been crossed in that case. And i don't give a shit how much the ACLU supports it, it is quite indefensible.
There's a line between mocking an idea, and demonizing people.