(August 29, 2023 at 12:57 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(August 29, 2023 at 12:48 pm)FrustratedFool Wrote: That's why we have things like hatespeech laws, restrictions on what can be taught in state schools, restrictions on advertising, restrictions on political.parties advocating for terror, and so on. We protect democracy and separate church and state for the greater good.
It should be noted that those restrictions can and are also used to undermine democracy (Florida's education laws, for example).
That's why they need to be carefully formulated and not hijacked by religious people. Ideally, religion should be weeded out of society altogether. A long, slow process, no doubt.