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US High School Student Loses Scholarship Over Social Media Twerking Video(www.ndtv.com)

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CarlsIII@kbin.social
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I mean if you’re going to be that pedantic about a comment that doesn’t strike me as intending to be nuanced and specific, there are versions of Christianity that are fine with twerking too

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seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org
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People say “religion” when they mean “Christianity”. This A) isn’t fair to other religions and B) helps to enforce Christian hegemony.

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CarlsIII@kbin.social
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People also say “Christianity” when they mean “evangelicalism.”

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seitanic@lemmy.sdf.org
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That, too.

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