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In reply to the discussion: About this whole Catholic-trashing thing--I offer the following, [View all]MissMarple
(9,656 posts)38. I am very happy to recommend this post.
What is with all the Catholic bashing? They have sinners and corruption in a VERY large bureaucracy. Now they have an opportunity to clean things up. There will be resistence. Success will be uncertain and certainly qualified. But, we should wish them all the best. I believe there will be a good measure of housecleaning.
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About this whole Catholic-trashing thing--I offer the following, [View all]
Jackpine Radical
Mar 2013
OP
I admit I was a poor student in high school, but how did I miss "Adlai Stevenson's presidency"?
Scuba
Mar 2013
#1
Oh! I get it! So Catholic bigotry is good, but anti-Catholic "bigotry" is bad
Demo_Chris
Mar 2013
#10
Doubtful, one thing I have learned is hatred deafens the mind and eats the soul /nt
Dragonfli
Mar 2013
#73
When forced to identify my beliefs, I generally say something like "pagan/Buddhist"
Jackpine Radical
Mar 2013
#136
K&R I am with you. No fucking way am I going to let them celebrate election of homophobic bigot,
idwiyo
Mar 2013
#63
Ill take Caterina's word about 2 Jesuit priests for now and drop the collaborator accusation.
idwiyo
Mar 2013
#132
Isn't the "respond to a fictional statement instead of the post" brigade wonderful?
Posteritatis
Mar 2013
#31
You should stick with addressing the content of the post and not the person writing it.
Demo_Chris
Mar 2013
#134
"Historically, the Catholics have been a mainstay of political liberalism in the US."
LAGC
Mar 2013
#12
I was just about to post the same. Catholics have been heading to the GOP for the last few decades.
progressoid
Mar 2013
#17
It's because White Catholics are increasingly an aging demographic, trending conservative just as
Ikonoklast
Mar 2013
#128
Maybe we told them Black people and Gay people don't suck and they left us.
progressoid
Mar 2013
#133
Yes. With regard to these issues, there are really two Protestant directions.
JDPriestly
Mar 2013
#85
catholics vote more democratic than protestants. and latino catholics don't just 'lean' dem,
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#99
They vote more democratic than protestants. and are more liberal on social issues than the
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#100
and whites are less liberal generally than hispanics (or blacks) is all *you're* saying. White
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#137
I kind of feel sorry for them. I would feel sick if I found that one of the non-religious charities
idwiyo
Mar 2013
#106
I applaud the victories of the nuns. I know Catholics and have known nuns and priests and
rhett o rick
Mar 2013
#40
I wish I would have taken my mom's offer to send me to St. Edwards here in Cleveland....
WCGreen
Mar 2013
#29
If I can be held responsible for the "evils" of my gender, then Catholics...
TheMadMonk
Mar 2013
#33
That's just it. There are bad people in every group of people. There are bad people here on DU.
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2013
#67
Catholics are not wrapped in ritual? Of course they are, and so are other religions. All of them are
idwiyo
Mar 2013
#56
+1. You find some of the same posters doing the same routine about fat people, walmart white
HiPointDem
Mar 2013
#102
It's a simple observation. I've been to Catholic churches, Protestant churches,
talkingmime
Mar 2013
#114
Actually, that's exactly my view on it. If you don't take "six days" literally,...
talkingmime
Mar 2013
#117
These smug, self-satisfied little atheists give the rest us non-believers a bad name.
DirkGently
Mar 2013
#91
I haven't been a catholic since college, but I learned social justice and compassion from the nuns
s-cubed
Mar 2013
#45
Just like with other groups of people it is the younger generations that change the way they view
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2013
#72
Too bad he doesn't give a fuck about Gays, doesn't respect women enough to let them decide
idwiyo
Mar 2013
#59
Yes, and I'm sure you are perfect of course. I love the ignore button.
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2013
#61
Oh fuck. You actually went as low as to excuse homophobia and misogyny. Well done.
idwiyo
Mar 2013
#64
Can you post on the other listserv to tell them their historical knowledge is appalling?
muriel_volestrangler
Mar 2013
#69
How BIGOTED and broad-brushed to trash the GOP! It has done great things in the past!
Arugula Latte
Mar 2013
#84
there are moderate republicans out there that are willing to reach across the isle
liberal_at_heart
Mar 2013
#87
K&R for giving a damn about the feelinbgs of Catholic DUers...I'm not Catholic but they aren't
Rowdyboy
Mar 2013
#81
I have a similar problem with Boy Scouts, their policies really infuriate me.
gordianot
Mar 2013
#105