122 Richard Dawkins banned from Facebook after posting that male boxers shouldn't fight women (archive.is) posted 102 days ago by Senketsu 102 days ago by Senketsu +124 / -2 66 comments share 66 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Heliocentricism was popular at the time, and widely known. Galileo was executed for mocking the pope in a published book where he made the pope look like a fool. It was a personal grudge.
FTFY. Huge difference between the two. But yeah Galileo was not the hero people make him out to be.