Laws exist that protect citizens in the U.S. from discrimination in the workplace. There are also laws prohibiting physical violence and incitement to violence. This means that all you're after is the ability to use hurt feelings, real or imagined, as justification to use the power of the state to shelter you from criticism.
If you don't want your beliefs to be ridiculed, don't hold ridiculous beliefs. The sincerity and conviction with which you hold beliefs have no bearing on the truthfulness of those beliefs. I recommend engaging in the marketplace of ideas rather than attempting to hide under your mother's skirt. If your ideas can't survive debate, even if cruel on occasion, then your ideas need to change; not the rules of engagement.
If you don't want your beliefs to be ridiculed, don't hold ridiculous beliefs. The sincerity and conviction with which you hold beliefs have no bearing on the truthfulness of those beliefs. I recommend engaging in the marketplace of ideas rather than attempting to hide under your mother's skirt. If your ideas can't survive debate, even if cruel on occasion, then your ideas need to change; not the rules of engagement.
