It is not a left vs. right issue; it is a fundamentalist vs.
liberal religious issue. Fundamentalists of any Abrahamic faith are generally hate filled
bigots intent on treating non-fundamentalists of their religion as less than
human and therefore worthless as anything but dead and can barely be defended
as humans let alone as Jews or Christians or Muslims or whatever. Another facet of these fundamentalists is Paternalism to be polite but generally sexism or misogyny is the better term. By the way,
this is my argument against the "New Atheists." They treat all
religious people as fundamentalists treat others and sexism is part of the package.
Many "liberals" in those religions are so wedded to
"Traditional Values" that I find it hard to defend them as Jews or
Christians or Muslims. I will defend them as humans with misguided values, as I
will defend most decent humans with misguided values. But if they are hate
filled bigots I will call them out on their bigotry not on their religion as I cannot distinguish one religious bigot from one of a different religion.
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