The proper rational response to that criticism is “just because I disagree with them, doesn’t mean that they should be persecuted.“ Not the sort of response you expect from the wokest, but it opens the door to the old school liberal position voiced by Voltaire, about defending their right to be wrong. I’ve tried to use this leftist rejection of Islamophobia to open the door to this kind of tolerance. If you cancel Washington for owning slaves, you have to do the same thing for Muhammad. That’s why you shouldn’t cancel either of them.

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