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31. Another creative reductio ad absurdum

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Fri Mar 13, 2026, 01:23 PM

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Will Catholics start leaving the GOP which is now anti Catholic? [View all] Kingofalldems Mar 13 OP

People love hating Catholics OC375 Mar 13 #1

Husband Rebl2 Mar 13 #7

my evangelical sister in law believe Mormans are a cult mountain grammy Mar 13 #14

Evangelical's Maninacan Mar 13 #53

All due respect angrychair Mar 13 #9

I can't blame you for criticizing the catholic church and clergy SocialDemocrat61 Mar 13 #13

Kennedy Democrat OC375 Mar 13 #23

And, they have Pope Leo X1V now... Cha Mar 13 #50

Shady Vance is Catholic. wnylib Mar 13 #52

Yes, and Pope Leo in all his wisdom Cha Mar 13 #55

True. Leo's got Vance's number. wnylib Mar 13 #56

I love Pope Leo. BlueKota Mar 13 #58

So Do I, BlueKota! Cha Mar 13 #64

Does AOC go to church? For some reason, I can't picture it. I never thought of her faith LeftInTX Mar 14 #68

She went on Ash Wednesday SocialDemocrat61 Mar 14 #71

Cool! LeftInTX Mar 14 #72

I survived Catholic schools OC375 Mar 13 #22

I am a Catholic School survivor too. BlueKota Mar 13 #57

Hating on Catholics is an American tradition peggysue2 Mar 13 #28

You are making me think of the movie "Gangs of New York" OC375 Mar 13 #39

Catholics were also targets of the KKK, and Hitler. BlueKota Mar 13 #60

Just like old times Wednesdays Mar 13 #2

Ban Christmas and Easter too. They started with Catholics. Srkdqltr Mar 13 #3

They actually started as Pagan holy days, Yule and Oestara. The churches niyad Mar 13 #11

whatever massive eye roll Srkdqltr Mar 13 #20

Accuracy matters. niyad Mar 13 #24

Indeed.it does. Thank you BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 13 #49

I thought Christmas was a repacking of Roman Saturnalia DBoon Mar 13 #27

And Saturnalia was lifted from Yule. niyad Mar 13 #34

That's ridiculous muriel_volestrangler Mar 13 #45

Ancient Aliens OC375 Mar 13 #40

Accurately, Easter comes from the Jewish Passover. muriel_volestrangler Mar 13 #47

Another creative reductio ad absurdum Torchlight Mar 13 #31

Actually, no. Mme. Defarge Mar 13 #54

But then there are the Opus Dei catholics who will gladly leave the church to follow MAGA. 3_Limes Mar 13 #4

I call them Francisco Franco Catholics DBoon Mar 13 #6

Leonard Leo Sleazebag 2na fisherman Mar 13 #16

They were following the priest. Blue Full Moon Mar 13 #5

Not a chance RainCaster Mar 13 #8

Catholics aren't into that. They are anti-abortion! LeftInTX Mar 13 #35

As a Catholic, no Catholic follows the "end times" nonsense. debm55 Mar 13 #43

glad to hear that RainCaster Mar 13 #63

There are 45,000 "christian" denominations worldwide Nigrum Cattus Mar 13 #10

And yet he tattooed his body Mblaze Mar 13 #12

Another evangelical who is illiterate regarding the Constitution of the United Sates King_Klonopin Mar 13 #15

My current parish is very conservative with a hard-right pastor. Boomerproud Mar 13 #25

Pope Leo is also being undermined at every turn by the radtrad media machine... keep_left Mar 13 #44

I'm fortunate to live in Mass. King_Klonopin Mar 14 #65

I have always felt the same way about the Evangelicals. BlueKota Mar 13 #62

Republicans are one part gangster, one part Pharisee. n/t King_Klonopin Mar 14 #66

Agreed BlueKota Mar 14 #73

No Silly! You don't understand the state of our media maxrandb Mar 13 #17

Good summary ck4829 Mar 13 #21

Sometimes I see so many stories about everyone breaking up with Democrats that I imagine the party betsuni Mar 13 #33

Pretty much sums it up, as you always do! Great post! mountain grammy Mar 14 #69

K&R ck4829 Mar 13 #18

Church in the military for me pwb Mar 13 #19

This is what a college friend of mine BlueKota Mar 13 #61

Most of the Catholics that I know are Bettie Mar 13 #26

Division. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Mar 13 #29

JD Vance is Catholic, baptized in 2019 and Marco Rubio, Sean Duffy are Catholic wishstar Mar 13 #30

They are Opus Dei Catholics, not Pope Leo Catholics. blm Mar 13 #32

If the nationalists take over, there will be no Supreme Court. Kingofalldems Mar 13 #38

According to Franklin (and Billy) Graham, Catholics are not Christians either Norrrm Mar 13 #36

That is true. Kingofalldems Mar 13 #37

If they vote Republican they themselves most likely hate some other groups also JI7 Mar 13 #41

LOL, right. maxsolomon Mar 13 #42

"...the GOP which is NOW anti Catholic?" B.See Mar 13 #46

These are the people that want to force TPUSA and extreme Christian nationalist viewpoints down everyone's throats ChicagoTeamster Mar 13 #48

Post removed Post removed Mar 13 #51

Great response to that Obvious One Prairie Gates Mar 13 #59

W Bush courted the Catholic vote. "Mexico is our friend" LeftInTX Mar 14 #67

If it weren't for the Catholic Church, which goes clear back almost to the time of Christ, valleyrogue Mar 14 #70