Sometimes leaders get things right, occasionally they are on the leading edge of the zeitgeist even though they may not even appreciate it themselves. I think Macron is right on the money with his stance on the case of a young Muslim girl in France who received death threats after posting anti-Islamic rants on Instagram. As he points out, it's not just the criticism of religion that is being (typically) misunderstood here (i.e. that religion is just a set of ideas and criticizing them is legal, not hate speech and frequently morally appropriate) but that the state has a duty to protect children from bullies, be they wrapped in the respectability-cloak of a "religion" or otherwise.
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