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The point of the cartoon is to extend the argument to the most extreme example. You're missing the entire message. It's not that belief is unacceptable and no one can have shared beliefs. It's, taken to the extreme, religious belief extends beyond what most would consider reasonable.
Its an extreme over generalization. Also all of you keep saying religion, but this applies to all beliefs.
That's the point. Religion has a lot of extreme beliefs which are only based on, "God said so."
Where are these non-religious beliefs that are being inflicted on others? By far the most common case in the US are religious beliefs, specifically from the Christian right. Everything else is "well akually" that's little more than background noise.
There are many such laws that are argued for from a non religious point of view.
Recreational drug use: Laws against possession and use of drugs like marijuana, despite debates around whether adult personal use should be criminalized if it doesn't harm others. Prostitution/sex work: The exchange of sexual services for money between consenting adults is still broadly criminalized in most states. Gambling: Many forms of gambling, even when just involving individuals risking their own money, remain illegal in some jurisdictions. Obscenity/indecency laws: Restrictions on distribution of pornographic material or public nudity, even if just involving consenting adults. Physician-assisted suicide: While permitted in some states, actively assisting terminally ill people to end their lives remains illegal in most places.
So you just named several things that are predominantly argued for by religious people for religious reasons, even if they don't come right out and say it.
Flat earthers, anti-vaxxers just to name two american. These are not only based on religion.
Both far left and far right political beliefs are also problematic in the same way. See the pronoun debacle in Canada for instance.
Flat Earthers and Anti-vaxxers have huge overlap with religion.
So asking people to use the right pronouns is equivalent to making rape victims carry their baby to term? I think you have some fucked up bothsideisim here.
That's not at all what I said. I just listed few examples of where beleifs have gone too far as to infringe the rights of others who don't share that belief. I haven't even taken a stand on any of those issues. I haven't even compared them.
If we must compare them: Yes, I agree that the violations made by religious fanatics are way more worrying than these others.
It doesn't make them not fit the list of things that are problematic though. You asked for more examples of beliefs. You got them.