[W]hen a group of people make something sacred, the members of the cult lose the ability to think clearly about it. Morality binds and blinds..

Sacredness binds people together, and then blinds them to the arbitrariness of the practice..

When you hear someone criticize a policy on the other side, thats fine. But when you start hearing motive-mongering and demonization, stand up to it ….

You can’t make a dog happy by forcibly wagging its tail. And you can’t change people’s minds by utterly refuting their arguments..