A few words on the somewhat frenzied attacks on Christians / select Christians here. . .

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Everyone is guaranteed the right to believe or not believe what he/she wishes regarding religion. Why ridicule those who exercise that right?

I mean, one can certainly scoff, but DU has, imho, gone to extremes to make fun of certain people for their beliefs, and I just find it a bit beneath us.

I wonder how many threads would be going, even spiking the greatest page, were the word "Muslim" or "Jew" or "Wiccan" substituted for "Christian?" My guess is most of those would have zero recs, many replies - the op being chastised for his/her intolerance - and eventually be locked.

Tolerant? Big Tent? I'd like to think these descriptions apply to most here at DU, as well as our Democratic party. Unfortunately, it appears we are very selective in our tolerance.

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