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False.
You're just repeating the same old tired liberal/atheist myth which is simply not true. Here are some facts from an article from your neck of the woods (Huffington Post).
Ah yes, 7% were completely religious in nature....thats kinda bad in itself. But heres the part you miss, even the non-religious in nature have truly horrific actions made OK by religious beliefs. Even worse...the ACTIONS of those folks in religious wars are the worst of the worst.
Heres a fun comment from the link you provided that you conveniently ignored:
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In fact, religious elements played no role at all in 14 (40%) of the 35 armed conflicts in the research, and only five (14%) had religious elements as their main cause, the report showed.
I notice how you selectively quoted to avoid that part.
because the absolute worst excesses of humanity are all related to religion
I am not a Christian,but I would argue that generally[but with some exceptions such as radical Islamists and Fundemental Christians like Westboro Baptist] the exact opposite is the case!
Since he's talking about political correctness at a Prayer Breakfast, I wonder how receptive he'd be to my politically incorrect thoughts on his religion. SMH
People like Dr Ben Carson are the black Americans that Dr MLK was marching for.....not jesse jackson, al shrpton, not mike brown.
Lefties and the new black America have distorted MLK's message and actually have him spinning in his grave.
I'm not terrified of religion - I am religious. But I would guess that Dr. Benjamin Carson would be more than a bit miffed if I pointed out that his religion is wrong wrong wrong and doing a great disservice to this country.
I think the OP is a bit confused about what "freedom of speech" means. Political correctness (or, as my mama calls it, being polite) isn't losing your freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is between an individual and the government, not an individual and another individual or any other iteration of groupings.
100% true,Americans need to DEMAND our rights to "freedom of speech" be fully restored,and political correctness/ suppression of those rights ~OUTLAWED!!!!
There is no such thing as political correctness.
Or to put it another way, there are always words and ideas that are outside of the mainstream that will get you ostracized.
If a person was fighting within the legal system to make it legal for adults and children to have sex, very few people would view organizations disassociating themselves or firing that person for their noxious viewpoint as an attack on freedom of speech.
You won't hear cries of freedom of speech if such actions were taken against this person.
If a person was on record as saying he or she believed that some human beings are really alien reptilians in disguise, not one person would yell freedom of speech when organizations and businesses distanced themselves from that viewpoint.
Again, this idea of political correctness has nothing to do with eliminating all restrictions on speech.
It has to do with power and who gets to have a say and who doesn't.
In America, it used to be that only one group of Americans got a say in what was or wasn't acceptable speech within legit society. This one group believed they should determine these standards.
Now in American, more groups of people get a say in what is or isn't acceptable speech within legit society and they frequently call out members of the group who used to dominate everything.
This is what the term political correctness means, it is the whining of the former dominate group whining that they no longer get to set the standard.
The term political correctness is boring and a lie.
People like Dr Ben Carson are the black Americans that Dr MLK was marching for.....not jesse jackson, al shrpton, not mike brown.
Lefties and the new black America have distorted MLK's message and actually have him spinning in his grave.
You haven't really listened to MLK if that's what you believe. But hey...lol
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