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Originally Posted by Ohio
This is the tragic legacy of some of the more dogmatic Reformers. They (like John Calvin) escaped persecution, inquisition, and death from the hands of the Roman Catholics for their religious views, yet turned around and applied these same measures to those (like Servetus or e.g. the Anabaptists) who disagreed with them.
But lest we think that mankind has evolved or modern society has improved due to its technology and great learning, today's Left with its own religious tenets is now duplicating this same intolerant history. Whereas they once fought vehemently for the rights of all to be made known and heard, they now wish to silence the voices of all their own critics with unjustified accusations of "hate speech" and "racism." Today's antifa rioters are no different than the rabid reformers who called for the head of Servetus.
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But John Calvin was on the right, and Servetus was on the left.