My, my, my. Look at the anger level from the defenders of Christianity!
In the Deep South, for over a century, Christians terrorized those who went against their beliefs. They used the cross Christ was martyred on as their symbol.
The entire society of Christians in the South tolerated this terrorist activity for over a century.
The entire society.
Look at this photo and think about what it tells you:
These Christians felt secure enough to terrorize the lunch counter protesters in broad daylight, with cameras rolling. They knew they had the full protection and blessing of the forces of government behind them.
The entire right wing conservative Christian society tolerated the terrorists. And when agents of peaceful change tried to turn them away from their terroristic ways, the entire society rebelled against the interlopers. They jailed them, lynched them, burned Christian crosses on their lawns, and spewed their hatred into any microphone placed before them.
This was an entire society. Not just a few "elitists".
Using the illogic of the special idiot Islamophobes, one would have to use the same argument there was no such thing as a good Christian based on the things we saw from these Chrisitans in our own lifetime. In fact, we saw the rise of black people who said there were no good white people, using the behavior of the white society as their evidence. Islamophobes and the Black Panthers have a lot in common.
The Islamic community is only about one half of a heartbeat behind the right wing white terrorist Christians of our own lifetime.
So how were the terrorist Christians defeated? If you look at that photo, they clearly had the vast majority of people on their side. They had the government on their side. They had all the force on their side. So how did they lose?
You are looking right at it. You are looking right at what caused them to lose.
The spotlight. The camera. The Eye. The hatred was captured on film for all to see. Society was shamed into changing.
And the people being terrorized took that Christian religion and turned it back on the terrorists. They began to build a Christian faith built on
social justice. They modeled their movement on the political power of the terroristic Christians and their government backing. The social justice Christians acquired the political backing of the FEDERAL government, and have not turned back since.