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You came in a bit hot for civil discourse, don't you think? I don't think you are a fascist, but I am no longer willing to tolerate intolerance. These people have every right to practice their religion, but they do not have the right to weild it as a weapon of persecution behind the shield of the law.
I came in with my belief that no book should ever be banned in America and at no point did anyone commenting on my posts even read what I wrote. When you make a 2 paragraph post in honesty and instead all you get in return is 12 year olds with childish insults it's just sad and demeaning.
This is precisely why I left reddit in the first place, there was no discussion happening there, just people karma farming and circlejerks, no real discussions, just "yes men" all agreeing with each other and that's not politics, that's not "civil discourse" and it's not democratic in any way. Democracy is not a one-way street, and even Biden said that he would be working with Republicans a few months ago. Democracy can not exist in a one party system.
I sympathize with your sentiment, and I wish they would live and let live... but they won't. My reason for saying it's a bad take is that they give zero f's about your good faith principles; if we want a brighter future, rolling over and legitimizing these fools is not the way to go about it.