I think it is rather unfair to compare blasphemy and heresy laws to what Europe has now.
People in the Middle Ages believed that heresy would damn the soul of the people and bring down divine wrath on the community. Their worldview is consistent with advocating for punishment for heretics.
On the other hand, modern European speech suppression laws are nothing more than an exercise of the will to power. It is not even consistent with their own worldview of "BUT HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOU PERSONALLY?"
There is also a great eagerness to punish people and torture them (see the Jan 6 protesters), which was not the case for the Inquisitions.
Well, what the UK is doing is very much pushing hard on Blasphemy laws. The whole "praying in your own head is disorderly conduct that others find threatening" is just the biggest possible reach that I've ever seen.
There's a rather popular right wing German youtuber who recently got hold as a terrorist by the UK because he is right wing and was on a right wing conference. You are not part of the club you are evil and they WILL treat you thr worst way possible. See what they do with Cod Comedy TJ who to this day is being harassed for making fun of Saint Floyd and other (in his words) autistic shit on the internet. They absolutely have blasphemy laws already, just named differently.
Western countries should decide if they want free speech or blasphemy laws.
Most European countries already made that choice, though they call their blasphemy laws by other terms like "hate speech" or "holocaust denial".
I think it is rather unfair to compare blasphemy and heresy laws to what Europe has now.
People in the Middle Ages believed that heresy would damn the soul of the people and bring down divine wrath on the community. Their worldview is consistent with advocating for punishment for heretics.
On the other hand, modern European speech suppression laws are nothing more than an exercise of the will to power. It is not even consistent with their own worldview of "BUT HOW DOES IT AFFECT YOU PERSONALLY?"
There is also a great eagerness to punish people and torture them (see the Jan 6 protesters), which was not the case for the Inquisitions.
Well, what the UK is doing is very much pushing hard on Blasphemy laws. The whole "praying in your own head is disorderly conduct that others find threatening" is just the biggest possible reach that I've ever seen.
There's a rather popular right wing German youtuber who recently got hold as a terrorist by the UK because he is right wing and was on a right wing conference. You are not part of the club you are evil and they WILL treat you thr worst way possible. See what they do with Cod Comedy TJ who to this day is being harassed for making fun of Saint Floyd and other (in his words) autistic shit on the internet. They absolutely have blasphemy laws already, just named differently.