Are You Sure You're Persecuted?
By Questions to Check ~
Oh, really? No one has ever suffered like you, oh White Christian Male?
Perhaps you'll care to answer these questions:
Congratulations! You are less persecuted than: Jews, Africans, Native Americans, third-world populations, women, gays, and any minority in history! You are probably also contributing to the oppression of women, gays, and minorities.
Please, White Christian Males…don't make me come over there. You won't like it.
"Just like what Nazi Germany did to the Jews, so liberal America is now doing to the evangelical Christians. It's no different. It is the same thing. It is happening all over again. It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-based media and the homosexuals who want to destroy the Christians. Wholesale abuse and discrimination and the worst bigotry directed toward any group in America today. More terrible than anything suffered by any minority in history."
-- Pat Robertson, interview with Molly Ivins, 1993.
Oh, really? No one has ever suffered like you, oh White Christian Male?
Perhaps you'll care to answer these questions:
- Have you ever been literally the property of another person?
- Have you ever been forced into a prison camp?
- If you or one of your friends were killed, would the police even investigate?
- Have you or a loved one ever been beaten andor raped and nothing was done?
- Can you buy food, drink, and necessities from any store in the country without being refused service?
- Can you marry whomever you choose?
- Upon marrying, does anyone expect that you will now be the servant of your wife?
- Can you worship however you please?
- Can you live alone without fear of attack or rape?
- Do you need a gun or other weapon to keep you safe at all times?
- Can you eat pork, keep the Sabbath holy, or otherwise violate the regulations of a religion you do not belong to?
- Were you ever abused or kicked out of your home as a child?
- Have you ever been referred to as 'ho', 'bitch', 'slut', or other such terms by a brothermale friend?
- Have you ever been told that you should not wear certain clothes, because you are not good-looking enough?
- Have you ever been called 'disgusting' or ignored because you were overweight?
- Have you ever been expected to hold down a job, care for children, do all the housework, and care for your wife, without your wife having to lift a finger?
- Has anyone ever insulted your religion in front of you, and when you tried to correct them, told you that "No, they're all evil, no matter what they say"?
- Have your parents, siblings, or other family members ever physically or mentally harmed you?
Congratulations! You are less persecuted than: Jews, Africans, Native Americans, third-world populations, women, gays, and any minority in history! You are probably also contributing to the oppression of women, gays, and minorities.
Please, White Christian Males…don't make me come over there. You won't like it.