Secular Blasphemy + Quote of the Day

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Quote of the Day, by University of Exeter philosopher Edward Skidelsky:

"the extension of the 'denier' tag to group after group is a development that should alarm all liberal-minded people."

Well, DUH. Of course, a whole swathe of self-proclaimed liberal-minded people are busy demonizing with the most reductive terms possible everybody whom they don't like and marginalizing them as morons. Under the idea of "actions speak louder than words," I submit that such folks are not at all classic liberals in the slightest.

As for blasphemy, didn't I just post about how political zealotry itself is a kind of secular religion? Maybe I should eventually post about the impulse to worship mingled with the impulse to persecute. And all excused under the idea of moral superiority.