Privilege, Not Persecution

[ebonypearl]

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[hippie_mamabear]

Amen. :P

That woman obviously does not have a very good grip on what the heathens call 'reality.' People like that REALLY irritate me. Ugh.

[ebonypearl]

Sadly, there was another person who demanded I provide links to persecution of people of minority religions - and I couldn't include links to public nudity, multiple-marriage or child abuse or abusing or sacrificing animals. Why he thought child and animal abuse were automatically normal parts of minority beliefs boggled my mind. Still, I was easily bale to provide him with a dozen links of major laws and lawsuits involving persecution of minority religions that fit his criteria in the last 3 years. And his response? That I was in denial about Christians being persecuted.

[hippie_mamabear]

*facepalm*

Wow. Talk about 'denial.' Heh.

[nancylebov]

I believe there are legal issues around animal sacrifice and Santeria.

[sunfell]

Ah, yes, the old 'self proclaimed' Wiccan thing. Isn't every faith 'self-proclaimed'? I never did understand why certain minority faiths were treated that way.

And yes, I lost my job- and almost my life- to the hands of 'loving' Christians.

I don't hate them though- instead I laugh like a drain every time I see a Christmas tree, Santa Claus, Easter eggs, or the best one: the Nativity.

Privilege, indeed...

[ebonypearl]

Yeah. I know. I was (am) lucky in many ways. That's why I try to make sure others can enjoy the privileges they deserve, too. And this whole Christian persecution thing? Is privilege abuse.

[ravan]

I linked to on my journal(s). Couldn't have said it better myself.

[ebonypearl]

Thank you. I hate people trivializing persecution, using it inappropriately. It takes away the genuine fear and suffering of the truly persecuted to falsely claim persecution for attention.

[ladyqkat]

LJ ate my first reply so I will try again. (Confirm that I am human? WTF? Oh, lag on loading meant I didn't get the captcha. Doh!))

Here because of ravan's re-post.

I will repost in my own LJ as I think this needs to be spread far and wide. I also have a couple of folks on my f-list who are Christian and might re-post this.

[herbmcsidhe]

Likewise...

[harvey_rrit]

Bear in mind that the entire subject will inspire any reasoning being to religious fervor.

At least whenever it's brought up, every sensible person I know says, "Oh, Jesus!"

[msstacy13]

*snort*

Wait, I'm still not human?

Okay, so I'm a rabbit in a dress.

[krasota]

Hear, hear.