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Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Just as they say they do not want Sharia law in the UK, we should not support the spread of other extremist religious laws

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Agreed.

But the issue is with both the words extremists and religious. No extremists thinks they are. Heck I can assure you most think our rejection is extream. And religiose people rarely admit their restrictions are religion. Even when using the Bible to justify shit. They will argue it is science or common sense.

Their is a need to term unacceptable laws in a way that forces them to openly argue their restrictions do not apply. Or actually are religious extremism. The latter is close to impossible.

Be honest with ourselves. I agree trans equality laws should exist. But only 20 or 30 years ago society as a majority society considered them extream. Some off us remember it even if we disagreed.

Gay marriage was def extream when I was in my teens. Gary rights at all in my parents teens. (They also disagreed)

And a very small % of any of those considered their religious ideals as a significant element.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

My god man, what the fuck is wrong with your grammar?

Agreed.

But the issue is with both of the words extremist~~s~~ and religious. No ~~extremists~~ extremist thinks ~~that~~ they are one ~~. Heck~~ , heck, I can assure you that most think that our rejection of religion is ~~extream~~ extreme.

And ~~religiose~~ religious people rarely admit their restrictions ~~are~~ come from religion.

Even when using the Bible to justify shit, ~~They~~ they will argue it is actually science or common sense.

~~Their~~ There is a need to term ~~unacceptable~~ laws as unacceptable in a way that forces them to openly argue that their restrictions do not apply or that they are actually a form of religious extremism.

(what does this sentence mean?)

~~Or actually are religious extremism.~~ The latter is close to impossible.

Let's Be honest with ourselves ~~.~~, I agree that trans equality laws should exist ~~.~~ , but ~~only~~ 20 ~~or~~ to 30 years ago the majority of society ~~as a majority society~~ considered them to be ~~extream~~ extreme. Some ~~off~~ of us remember it even if we disagreed with that framing at the time.

Gay marriage was def ~~extream~~ extreme when I was in my teens ~~.~~ , ~~Gary~~ and in my parents' teens - gay rights ~~at all~~ in general were considered extreme in my parents teens , something which they did not agree with. ~~(They also disagreed.)~~

And a very small % of any of those opposed to these things considered their religious ideals as a significant element in their opposition.