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I agree with almost everything you said except the first sentence. I think the idea of religion should be insulted, not the people themselves. I see the vast majority of religious people as victims of a global cult. Most of them are not bombing abortion clinics, and those who do belong in prison along with anyone who bombs a church, though maybe not in the same cell. Attacking the institutions seems like the high road to me rather than the individuals.
Sounds like we still agree, I could have been more clear that the "they" in my first sentence refers to all religion. There are still individuals who deserve to be insulted and mocked but most, as you say, are victims of whichever religion they grew up under.
I see those people as human shields that the nefarious actors hide behind. Guide them toward freedom and you're left with the ones who are in on the grift. One part of this can be ridiculing the beliefs but different people respond to different things.