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[–]JulienMayfair 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

See the witchcraft crazes of the 16th Century in Europe. People were able to believe nonsense to the extent that they tortured other people and burned them alive. In the modern world, we like to think we've gotten beyond that, but I'm not so sure. Gender is also a magical belief system wherein people are led to believe that individuals possess some sort of mystical gender essence.

[–]proc0 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Right, although I would say it's a reverse witchhunt. It would be like everyone siding with witches, and hunting down those that don't believe in magic.

[–]chadwickofwv 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Same thing, it's just psychopaths hunting down the nonbelievers. The only difference is the religion the hunters follow.