are using the term as a civilizational banner. It’s a way to say "our culture" is different from "their culture" without having to use explicitly racial language, effectively turning a religious term into a cultural marker. In essence, the term works by ignoring the map. It

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treats the Middle Eastern origins of Judaism and Christianity as a "pre-history" that was only "perfected" or "completed" once it reached Europe, while treating Islam’s identical origins as proof that it doesn't belong. But they also aim this language at people they believe to
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be uneducated. To people that do not understand the complexity of “Western values,” and where they came from.
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