> Free of reprisal from the government. I don't know why people keep going around thinking they're being repressed if their decisions have consequences. The w

> Free of reprisal from the government. I don't know why people keep going around thinking they're being repressed if their decisions have consequences. The willful disingenuousness of that argument becomes apparent when applied to other acts most people would abhor: "That anti-X graffiti sprayed on your house is perfectly okay since it isn't the government that's persecuting you. I don't know why people keep going around thinking they're being repressed if their decision to worship X/be an X/etc. has consequences." The "free of reprisal from the government" isn't a principled stance; it's a tacit admission that the the speaker is ethically okay with mob justice as long as the mob is on their side.