Yes, suggesting that there are those who would love to persecute christians, even to the point of violence, is silly and has no historical basis in fact.
What a naive statement--even if you limit it only to this country.
I have personally seen otherwise in this country and it's especially true in Communistic & Islam-based countries. There are more Christians who die for their faith world-wide now than there ever was in previous rounds of oppression & persecution.
You don't know of the hatred vented toward those in Christ merely because you don't know about the author of that hate...and he doesn't have horns & a tail.
Yes, suggesting that there are those who would love to persecute christians, even to the point of violence, is silly and has no historical basis in fact.
The existence of a minute number of people who would love to harm Christians is in no way comparable to the civil rights struggles of the 1950s & 1960s. In fact, it's insulting.
If you don't realize that, there's no point in trying to explain it.