The Persecution Of Error

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The Persecution Of Error

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“The doctrine which, from the very first origin of religious dissensions, has been held by bigots of all sects, when condensed into a few words and stripped of rhetorical disguise, is simply this: I am in the right, and you are in the wrong. When you are the stronger, you ought to tolerate me, for it is your duty to tolerate truth; but when I am the stronger, I shall persecute you, for it is my duty to persecute error.” Lord Macaulay 1843

From: http://wattsupwiththat.com/2014/09/30/a ... nt-1751306

Persecution never fixes error. But it does entrench the vilest of incivilities as the error of the era changes.
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