Kinda like the mob muscling in on each other's territories.
And the extent of heresy that required quelling was ample proof that the Church's concerns were extremely well-founded and prudent.
So you're saying that the extensive mass murders were justified?
More like anarchists trying to turn our government into a socialist dictatorship by fashioning their interpretation of the U.S. Constitution as they wish and turning the people against democracy.
So you're saying that the extensive mass murders were justified?
Certainly not across the board. But the gravity of the situation cannot be denied, even if the implementation was flawed.
We don't know how many tens of thousands of innocent men and women died as a result of the Crusades, either, but I don't think you would wish the Church let the Muslims have their way, do you? Yet the forces of political correctness want you and me to believe that Christianity committed mass murder without cause there, too.