> And there is an ugly righteousness developing here too. I'm finding it increasingly difficult to defend people's right to dislike Islam or be homophobic, for

> And there is an ugly righteousness developing here too. I'm finding it increasingly difficult to defend people's right to dislike Islam or be homophobic, for example. A lot of Europeans genuinely believe these views are so evil that people deserve to be punished for holding them. Indeed, and I find it quite strange that it's usually the same people blindly defending Islam as are fighting homophobia. If they'd taken even a cursory glance at what Islam actually preaches, they'd see it's one of the most homophobic religions out there.