James Finn
Feb 18, 2025

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Ooof, that takes me back to my Christian youth, before I realized I was an atheist. It was so common to hear Christians judging condemning other people as "heathens," and I'm sure most of them didn't even realize they were using the language of colonialism to disparage people who are different — you know, comparing people to "savages" who need Jesus and "civilization" in order to be acceptable people.

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James Finn
James Finn

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James Finn is an LGBTQ columnist, a former Air Force intelligence analyst, an alumnus of Act Up NY, and an agented but unpublished novelist.

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