Sounds like religion. Folks say it makes them happy... but the harm far exceeds the good. Count up ALL the good religion does in the world -- and there's still far more bad.

"Is it bad if it provides happiness"

That would only be one metric, among many, so this is a misleading question.

If anyone wants to know where Kegstand's beliefs come from, Sam Harris's full interview with Doug Wilson is out.

There's no good reason for circumcision to exist in the first place. Whether or not it's got anything to do with autism (however we define *that*), this barbaric practice should be illegal anyhow. It's unnecessary life-altering COSMETIC surgery without consent.

This is a completely objective and neutral academic assessment. Idiots/fascists are in charge.

Yes. The insanity is religion. You can't reason with people who don't live in reality.

Exactly! Bad faith is not civil discourse!

I grew up queer in conservative Christianity.

The bible is the source of the bigotry. And since it's all made up, there's no excuse for presenting it as some kind of "truth".

Belief in a magic book doesn't excuse the bigotry. Especially when you fucking agree with it!

There's a difference between performative civility (dressing nice, using nice words, etc), and actual decency.

Oppressors do their oppressing with civility. The oppressed try to fight back with civility, and fail, until they give up on civility.

Then it's like "why are leftists uncivil?"

With a little luck, and if their mom is decent, they'll hopefully end up with a new dad who isn't like he was.