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In reply to the discussion: There is a serious anti-Christian vibe around here [View all]cemaphonic
(4,138 posts)I never said that most Christians aren't ordinary people, and I don't believe that. And most Americans understand that they are, either because they themselves are Christian, or have a social circle that includes many Christians. As a result, when there are instances of Christian terrorism, there is little threat of reprisal outside of being insulted on the internet. When Islamic terrorism happens too close to home, random Muslims are attacked, mosques are vandalized and burned, and prominent politicians start talking about suppressing their worship, and making them carry "special" IDs. When I see people on DU defending Muslims, it's usually in the spirit of denouncing that sort of thing, rather than the religion itself.
Also, I don't see any generalizations or stereotypes in my post other than:
1) Christians are influential in US politics.
2) Many evangelical Christians churches and individuals are very conservative and politically active.
Neither statement seems very controversial or inflammatory to me, but YMMV.
Finally, if you're going to be throwing around unfounded accusations of racism, you might do well to remember than Christianity and Islam are religions, not races.