Jere Krischel
Aug 24, 2017 · 1 min read

You really don’t understand.

There are some people for whom homosexuality represents eternal damnation. Sharia believing muslims literally believe it is more merciful to kill homosexuals by throwing them off of buildings, rather than letting them live in further sin and earn more damnation. When you set the precedent that we can censor free expression simply because the majority are pained by something, you open the door to a rising sharia majority applying that same logic to do things that you would abhor.

There was a time, not too long ago in this country, where the majority of people in California voted against gay marriage. It was shameful, but it was an expression of majoritarian rule. You are proposing the same shameful rationale.

Now, as far as I know, the removal of Robert E. Lee was never put to a popular vote, but was done by a representative vote of city council people or something. Haven’t looked deeply enough into the legislative record there. But, stipulating that for a moment, what you propose is even worse — it’s not even a majority of people voting to take a statue down, it’s a small vocal minority badgering representatives until they do their will. Imagine how you’ll feel when they demand that all graven images of women without full burqas must be removed from the public square.

Right now, they’re tearing down things that aren’t of value to you. One day, they’ll be tearing down things that are of value to you. And the reason why they’ll have that power is because you gave it to them.

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    Socially liberal, fiscally conservative, born again carnivore, musician, firearms instructor and skeptical civil rights activist.