"In a rather curious and confused way, some white people are starting almost to think like a minority, even like a persecuted one. What does it take to believe that Christianity is an endangered religion in America or that the name of Jesus is insufficiently spoken or appreciated? Who wakes up believing that there is no appreciation for our veterans and our armed forces and that without a noisy speech from Sarah Palin, their sacrifice would be scorned? It's not unfair to say that such grievances are purely and simply imaginary, which in turn leads one to ask what the real ones can be. The clue, surely, is furnished by the remainder of the speeches, which deny racial feeling so monotonously and vehemently as to draw attention," -Christopher Hitchens, Slate, commenting upon the cultural insecurity of Beck and Palin followers at the prospect of their soon being outnumbered by immigrants and minorities.
Oh, the persecution a conservative white heterosexual Christian must endure in America today. Victims, victims, victims; always the victims.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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It's about time somebody acknowledged our plight. Y'all don't know what it's like being male, middle class and white.
I feel your pain one L, although I'd argue that atheists are more persecuted (however one defines that term in this sense) than Christians; that's why I find the perpetual victim hood of Beck, Palin and the rest of the political right in this country so disingenuous.
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