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.
Really. What makes a anti-black bigot worse than an anti-christian bigot?