Sorry, your views are no better than Rick's or Brian's if you have such
little concern for the objective facts. "They" didn't kill Galileo: he
died of natural causes. He recanted from Copernicanism in the face of
religious fundamentalism and persecution, in order to avoid death (he
was under permanent house arrest after trial by inquisition, not under
sentence of death).
Religious fanaticism of the Rick/Brian kind is certainly annoying
because it shows an egocentric and self-absorbed absence of concern for
the rights of others as represented by the subject matter of this news
group. They basically think that they have a divine licence to ignore
others' rights; but it would be far-fetched to present it as life
threatening. I am pretty certain that the US judicial system would stop
it getting that far.