It's mild persecution, exactly what the Bible says we should expect, and rejoice when it happens to us.
Stop complaining. Someone could be cutting your tongue out and putting hot pokers in your eyes. THAT's persecution worth crowing about.
Is that a complaint? It's labeling what that kind of behavior is. I definitely have a real idea of what persecution is. I love reading about the martyrs.
It doesn’t matter how mild the persecution, the cause is still demonic. The only difference here is a matter of degree. Right now it seems *mild* but given the chance, it wouldn’t be. Those that would do this would certainly go further given the chance. As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. That’s why Jesus said that hate was as bad as murder and lust as bad as adultery.