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In reply to the discussion: About this whole Catholic-trashing thing--I offer the following, [View all]talkingmime
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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