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On "real" Christians and Christian privilege
n March 2007, a reader left the comment: "Would you folks please stop putting the word 'Christian' in front of the name 'Ann Coulter' as an adjective? Those of us who actually do practice our religion would appreciate it

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[artaxastra]

I see her point, however often when a religious identifier is used when the topic isn't religion, it's to shade in anti-religious sentiment.

"Muslim protesters demonstrate" or "Jewish bankers say global crisis not their fault." Yes, some of the bankers involved in the crisis are Jewish, but when a conservative commentator invokes "Jewish bankers" specifically it's to color their remarks with anti-Semitism, because the important thing is that they're bankers, not that they are also Jewish. I see the same thing happen with Christian a lot. In a liberal audience, especially in a queer audience, it's a way to discredit the speaker without actually addressing their words.