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Well, to give an example of being over-specific (I didn't before and I probably should have), "They are good people who wouldn't do that" is better than fixating on something silly like "thought crimes" which don't really matter and serve as more of a distraction.
Maybe, I'm just quibbling over language here, although I've seen a misuse of it like that before.
For the record, I prefer to make more principled / scientific arguments, rather than talk about a particular group of religious fundamentalists who like to misrepresent science. I find them irritating.