General Discussion

and other Democratic sites, including Daily Kos.

If you call the chosen belief set known as Republicanism "a pack of poisonous, misogynistic, anti-science lies," you are patted on the back. No one disagrees.

If you call the chosen belief set known as Christianity (or Islam or whatever collection of mythologies you want to address) "a pack of poisonous, misogynistic, anti-science lies," you will be called a "bigot," a "hater," and "the reason we lose elections." Your posts will routinely get hidden, and you will be thought of as "rude" and "an asshole." And Christianity's bigotry towards women? Well, that's just fine and dandy! It's tradition! People have heartfelt beliefs about these misogynistic myths! And their grandma and president Biden are religious, and they're good people, so how dare you say anything against religion, ever?!

Attaching supernaturalism and the word "faith" to a chosen belief system is used as a "get out of jail free" card that supposedly makes it off limits to criticism. Well, fuck that.

Additionally, many people seem to be completely unable to distinguish between hating a system of belief and hating people. I hate Christianity (because its real-world effects have been off-the-charts horrific for centuries, especially for women); I do not hate Christians (or Muslims, or Jews, or Hindus, etc.).