Thread by @lsanger

According to nearly 2/3 of my extended tweep network, Christians have up to five years before Western countries start seriously declaring the cross or the Bible as a "hate symbol."

https://twitter.com/lsanger/status/1341527753812795396

It would begin in the universities. UW-La Crosse in 2016 had one student report a Campus Crusade for Christ poster with an image of a cross as a sign of "oppression and hate of the LGBT+ community." Isn't reporting the cross itself religious hatred?

churchmilitant.com/news/article/u…

Count on a Guardian columnist to point out that, for some Jews (he says simply "Jews"), "the cross is a symbol of oppression."

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Then, of course, particular stylized crosses, such as the iron cross and something called a "Celtic cross" (but which is not what I think of as that), are or were used by particular groups and hence have come to be regarded as hate symbols.

adl.org/education/refe…

Here, just by the way, are some real Celtic crosses, which have zero to do with white supremacism or racism:

irishtraditions.org/2020/09/18/cel…