> "Blasphemy" is one of those things I do not get. Blashphemy is just another word for criticism and ridicule. You cannot uphold a dictatorship of unsubstantia

> "Blasphemy" is one of those things I do not get. Blashphemy is just another word for criticism and ridicule. You cannot uphold a dictatorship of unsubstantiated claims if everybody is allowed to openly ask questions. This pattern is always the same in every authoritarian structure and is in no way specific to religion, religion only has a special word for it. Blasphemy is what the kid in "The Emperor's New Clothes" did at the end of the tale: publicly questioning authority, which led to authority breaking down. > What the heck is a "hate crime"? For example public calls for Jews to be gassed.