It is simply advocacy of moral universalism [...] to call ridiculous propositions, and the people who espouse them, for what they are.
It's certainly not "simply advocacy" to "encourage and incite others to express" "ridicule, contempt and even hatred" for "people who espouse" "many racial and religious practises and beliefs". One can simply advocate an ethical position without attempting to harm those who hold otherwise, much less bring them into personal danger. No, what you're advocating is far from simple: it's complex, it's belligerent and it's frankly uncivilised. It's simply hate speech.
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Date: 2007-08-08 12:04 am (UTC)It's certainly not "simply advocacy" to "encourage and incite others to express" "ridicule, contempt and even hatred" for "people who espouse" "many racial and religious practises and beliefs". One can simply advocate an ethical position without attempting to harm those who hold otherwise, much less bring them into personal danger. No, what you're advocating is far from simple: it's complex, it's belligerent and it's frankly uncivilised. It's simply hate speech.