I disagree with some of his details rather forcefully (what he says about tattoos makes him a complete ass), but the broad point that we have no business banning things just because we don't love them is certainly something I support.
The burqa issue in particular is a really hard one for me. On the one hand, I see the religious tradition that demands it as a form of oppression that cries out for a forceful response from the state. On the other hand, if someone decides on her own to wear the thing, saying that she's not allowed to is repugnant.
On the one hand, when members of a dominant religious group are allowed to wear their symbols openly, merely wearing those symbols can be oppressive to non-members. On the other hand, not allowing a person to wear the symbols they care about oppresses that person.
It seems like all possible choices are intolerably harmful to someone.
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The burqa issue in particular is a really hard one for me. On the one hand, I see the religious tradition that demands it as a form of oppression that cries out for a forceful response from the state. On the other hand, if someone decides on her own to wear the thing, saying that she's not allowed to is repugnant.
On the one hand, when members of a dominant religious group are allowed to wear their symbols openly, merely wearing those symbols can be oppressive to non-members. On the other hand, not allowing a person to wear the symbols they care about oppresses that person.
It seems like all possible choices are intolerably harmful to someone.