Liberal secular lie: If the state imposes a religion, people feel oppressed and abandon religion (and support secularization).
Liberals make this claim to convince religious believers to drop their demands that the state endorse their religion and implement its rules.
In reality, when states endorse a religion and implement its rules, all else being equal, this boosts public religious belief and produces greater support for government implementation of religious rules.
Statistical studies demonstrate that Muslims have the highest level of religious belief in the world. This is partially due to the fact that Muslim states officially endorse the Islam.
Moreover, support for state implementation of Sharia is the highest where the state already implements the Sharia. When the state does not implement Sharia, support for its implementation drops.
Today people in the liberal West are known for silencing critics of their views by shouting them down with labels (e.g., Misogyny! Racism! Antisemitism! Homophobia!).
It is often assumed that this practice is fairly recent - emerging with post-1960s "Cultural Marxism" or "Wokism."
It is assumed that prior to the 1960s, liberal Westerners addressed criticism through rational argumentation.
This is false. Liberalism emerged in the 18th century, and from this time, liberal Westerners have constantly sought to silence critics by shouting them down with labels.
(A classic example is the 1736 anti-Islamic play known as "Fanaticism, or Mahomet the Prophet", written by the liberal French Philosopher Voltaire)
All of these labels (Bigotry, Fanaticism, Extremism) simply mean hostility to liberalism or, what can be termed: "Liberalophobia."
In reality, the standard pre-1960s liberal is just like feminists, LGBT activists, and Zionist activists. Whereas these groups constantly shout down others with accusations of Misogyny, Homophobia, and Antisemitism, the standard liberal shouts down others with accusations of Liberalophobia (i.e., Bigotry, Extremism).
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