You mean taqiyya? Yes, I was thinking that too.
Not that these blatant lies matter. The fact that he feels like he has to defend his position means he's already lost. When you have to justify your religion, you know it's wrong.
Muslims and liberals are fond of citing the Inquisition and the Crusades as proof that "Christianity is just as bad". Sorry, but... the Inquisition was an attempt to determine false converts in lands that were high in Jewish and Muslim people. It really had little to do with witchcraft, that's a story that leftists make up to smear the faith. In Salem, it did, but that was also an extremely clique-ish sect that was probably getting ergot hallucinations, and the rest were exploiting the situation for payback or profit. No, the Inquisition was first and foremost, to torture suspect converts. And you may say "how cruel! How could they do that!" The answer lies in the lead up to the Crusades. The Crusades were NOT for some quest for the Holy Grail or similar nonsense. Rome had received word that the Hagia Sophia, along with much of Turkey, had been invaded. On the other side, Spain was being invaded. Unlike the pagans of much of Europe, they had little taste for reasoned debate, they were coming with their troops to settle European lands, they were coming with their men to breed with their women, and they were coming as "converts" to dilute their faith. Christianity had two choices, become extinct and let the world plunge into darkness once again, or push them back militarily, defend their women, and clean out their churches.
Christianity is constantly made to apologize for the false reasons of the Crusades. When was the last time Islam apologized (really apologized) for the invasions leading up to the Crusades?