[papertyger]

Yes, it's happening on both sides. When, at the end of the carnage, someone asks "Why?", remind them that the answer was "because of largely trivial differences."

Is this comment not itself a subtle form of "demonization of ... opponents, and reasonable discussion ... rejected?"

Ignorance is no defense for the unjust application of force under the color of authority. Those who presume to invalidate natural law should suffer the consequences of what they inflict to enforce that presumption.

[ctdonath2]

Ignorance is no defense for the unjust application of force under the color of authority.

Wasn't defending it, simply observing that the invalidation of natural law - usually pursuant to trivialities - has awful consequences.