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Once more for the cheap seats: "Judeo-Christian Civilization" is not a thing that exists.
Christianity, Islam, and Judaism all worship the God of Abraham. They all have similarities and differences, and all (except their most extreme sects) recognize each other as fellow godly believers.
The term "Judeo-Christian" is theologically and culturally arbitrary.
The term "Judeo-Christian" is theologically and culturally arbitrary.
Historically, Christians took up arms against Jews as often as Muslims, and further, Muslims contributed to European culture as much as Jews (without Muslims, Europe wouldn't have coffee, toothbrushes, modern hospitals, and Greco-Roman math and literature would have been lost.)
The fact that these alt-right types who brandished tiki torches and chanted "Jews will not replace us!" want to suddenly call the Jewish people cultural allies when they need to justify the West going to war with Muslims is the most cynical, hypocritical bullshit I've ever seen.
And it should be a warning for anyone who wants to unite with the alt-right on any cause: if you are not a straight, white, male, Anglo Protestant and they're acting like they in any way care about you, it's only bc they want you as a cudgel against some other group they hate.
