xkcd today, may be applicable...

[onager]

I'm thinking of The Other Group again. Where I have seen believers accuse non-believers of "denying us free speech" or "harassment" simply for arguing with them.

One poster was really memorable. That one posted some of the usual banalities about religion and got some disagreement. That poster got so butthurt, he or she opined that non-believers shouldn't even be allowed to post in the "Religion" group. Of all goddamn places...

Anyway, I think xkcd today sums up that argument pretty well:

[NastyRiffraff]

1. Perfect!

I am sick of religionists with hurt feelings and playing victim just because someone disagrees with them. I expect that from the religious right...that's just what they do...but not from people on DU who are supposed to be liberals.

[FiveGoodMen]

2. The other group thinks they have the right -- indeed the commission -- to tell us all how it is

They can only classify a response as 1) Acquiescence or 2) Harassment.

[Vashta Nerada]

3. That, and if you dare say

"most religious people are hypocrites", for example, you'll get a post hidden.

[AlbertCat]

6. Or the word...

...."liar"

[libodem]

4. Here is my contribution

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[libodem]

5. Here is another:

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[AlbertCat]

7. Hmmmmm....

Well, I thought Buddha taught detachment.

And we don't even know if Christ existed

And Muhammad I don't know enough about his real life to comment.