... most of the lot really buying into that aren't exactly internet savvy, though, or considering 'net reactions to be terribly relevant (I mean, hell, say "I'm a human" in an appropriate youtube comment and see the reaction; or worse, basically any religion besides christianity). Not a very good point to point to, though yeah, there's definitely those that do. Not something that state-side non-christians are particularly sympathetic to, though, considering how they get treated both on and off line.
Putnam's rather poorly communicated point seems to be that a lot of the christian persecution claims are... somewhat overblown. To say the least. Stateside, at least, that's definitely accurate; christians are still overrepresented in political and business positions, still have a number of special legal/taxation privileges that largely don't extend to non-christians, so on, and so forth. Much of the complaints you see generated are from christians being treated, well. Like everyone else.
There are areas where followers are catching actual persecution, mind, it's just... not in the US, to any degree worth note. Or most places, really. Major stuff of that nature tends to be pretty localized these days for christianity.
Still, was mostly just wondering how pervasive the message is, both in other regions of the US and outside of it. I know the persecution complex is pretty intense in several denominations in the US South East, but I haven't had much direct interaction with ones outside of that, yeah.