“The society’s goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life and abuses of state power”.
They seemed like good people.
“The society’s goals were to oppose superstition, obscurantism, religious influence over public life and abuses of state power”.
They seemed like good people.
The same reason people hate socialists, communists, social justice advocates, landback/decolonisation proponents, vegans, radical environmentalists, etc etc etc. Propaganda, ignorance, and fear of change no matter how bad the status quo is.