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That's not just delusional, it's deluded.
"believing this is true would cause people to act horribly, so let's not believe that we believe it," would be merely delusional, and hence less objectionable.
I mostly agree with you; I was just stating my impression of the attitudes of those raising the objections in the first place (note the quotation marks). And to be fair to them, it's really more, "believing this would cause other people to act horribly, so let's keep them from believing it."