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[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My wake-up call probably should have been when a member of my own family insisted that Christians are the most prosecuted people in the USA (this was circa 2024).

Although it wasn't all that long ago, at the time, I just chalked it up to being another of that person's regrettable opinions. After all, it's patently ridiculous to believe that it's illegal to say Merry Christmas, that kids are being expelled from public schools for praying (but only Christian prayer, Muslims are still allowed to pray), and other non-sense like that. But, sadly, it's more and more evident that vast swaths of the nation actually do not care that these beliefs are false, it's real to them, so that makes it easy to view themselves as being persecuted.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

My wake-up call probably should have been when a member of my own family insisted that Christians are the most prosecuted people in the USA (this was circa 2024).

They're actually the third-most prosecuted group, after white hetero cis males, and gamers

Jesus, how far do you have to be down the panic hole to believe this stuff?

[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 weeks ago

You have to be "my non-binary lesbian niece tells me I am being hateful when I remind gay people that they are sinners and real marriage is between a man and a woman but I don't hate anyone it's just what I believe and I feel like the government should force everyone to live by my personal flavor of Christianity's moral standards even though I really don't even do that myself" down the panic hole to believe this stuff, at a minimum, based on my experience.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Psychosis. Similar to the AI one, but except of a sycophant LLM AI, it's political leaders, pundits, and "journalists" doing the job.