In 2020, the Oxford University union held a debate on the resolution “religion has no place in public life.” The proposition made arguments that religion is false, damaging, and divisive and therefore warrants public exclusion and private disapproval. The opposition countered these arguments. But in doing so, the opposition did not resort to misrepresenting the proposition’s contempt for religion as contempt for religious people. After the event, journalists did not accuse the proposition of being genocidal maniacs, nor did broadcasters denounce the proposition as fascist.
Compare this to what happened after Michael Knowles said at CPAC that “transgenderism must be eradicated from public life.” Here’s what Knowles said:
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