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Ilikepurple

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55. Yes, thank you. I was just composing a reply that had the same info.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #14)

Fri Apr 10, 2026, 03:30 PM

Apr 10

I would add that for me it’s not a very persuasive piece, whatever the intent. Several provocative, unattributed, anecdotal quotes do not make for a compelling argument, if there is one. She throws in a little history and some odd overgeneralized statements about the differences between Catholic and Protestant visual languages and British and American historical relationships with Catholicism. I think her use of the term “Catholic drip” after explaining drip is exotic glamour in “zoomer parlance” might just out a dent in those punk rock numbers. I’m still at a loss at what the point of the piece is other than to get Catholicism in the news and try to use her MFA in fiction to turn a colorful phrase or two. Is it just “Today a conversion to Catholicism once again has a countercultural meaning”? Ironically, she might be making Catholicism more uncool in this attempt to sell it as such.

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Conversion to Catholism is suddenly "cool"? [View all] some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 OP

Lordy lordy. Everyone wants to cool and edgy. Redleg Apr 10 #1

My Wild West family's religion was "Not Mormon." hunter Apr 10 #8

LOL. Sounds familiar Redleg Apr 10 #56

I want to be different just like EVERYONE ELSE underpants Apr 10 #52

Good grief. Irish_Dem Apr 10 #2

Still isn't for me Mz Pip Apr 10 #5

Yep. I left the church when they banned birth control in 1968. Irish_Dem Apr 10 #6

Me, too Mz Pip Apr 10 #11

Same here. Irish_Dem Apr 10 #15

I understand some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #18

During Confirmation I asked why there were no women in the holy trinity, & the pastor was stunned silent. CrispyQ Apr 10 #54

We were very oppressed when I was growing up. ananda Apr 10 #9

Yes what are people thinking? Irish_Dem Apr 10 #13

Exactly! some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #19

He's totally moving in the right direction so I can forgive him for being a White Sox fan, Brother Buzz Apr 10 #47

LMAO! some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #48

LOL. I like this pope too. ananda Apr 10 #49

Good observation! some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #62

Good observation! some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #63

Lol me too! Faux pas Apr 10 #36

Well, It Helps Deep State Witch Apr 10 #3

It is profoundly not punk rock. maxsolomon Apr 10 #4

Yes, maxsolomon some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #17

After 12 years of Catholic education some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #7

I was born Catholic. OC375 Apr 10 #10

I'd say some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #27

Oye Vey! Dawson Leery Apr 10 #12

I agee about the last two fellas some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #25

"Julia Yost is a senior editor of First Things magazine" LOL. The magazine for right wing idiots muriel_volestrangler Apr 10 #14

"RWer assigned to insert Bezos's nose up Vance's ass for a change"... some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #20

2 of the NYT's Conservative Op-Ed writers are pushing this narrative too. maxsolomon Apr 10 #24

LOL!!! some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #28

Yes, thank you. I was just composing a reply that had the same info. Ilikepurple Apr 10 #55

Yep. "First Things" is infamous for its "sedition symposium"... keep_left Apr 10 #57

Yep. The Catholic Church in the U.S.A. is divided along political lines... hunter Apr 10 #61

meh, it's easy to be catholic when you don't have to go to catholic school. LOL Javaman Apr 10 #16

ROFL!!! Yeah, they'll miss the film strips of sinners burning in hell as Satan laughs. 50 Shades Of Blue Apr 10 #32

With Frances first, followed by Leo as Popes, it's possible. Baitball Blogger Apr 10 #21

Agreed some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #29

The op-ed author is a far right Catholic who thought Francis was awful muriel_volestrangler Apr 10 #51

That reads like the whining and crying after GenThePerservering Apr 10 #60

"religion is rebellion". HEY DNC, Be REVOLUTIONARY. Put down your shrimp cocktail and LEARN. usonian Apr 10 #22

This actually never occurred to me. You might be on to something. Scrivener7 Apr 10 #26

I read too many accounts of young people being conned into thinking that Trump was the rebel who would rescue America. usonian Apr 10 #35

CORRECT ON ALL COUNTS, usonian! some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #41

THAT was a big part of it some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #31

Wait till they hear about those chastity and obedience and mass every Sunday things. Scrivener7 Apr 10 #23

Aw... they'll be like most "Christmas and Easter Catholics" some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #33

Tithes... mr715 Apr 10 #46

And fetching red beanies! Scrivener7 Apr 10 #58

If you want second-class status sure Starbeach Apr 10 #30

Get to be.... some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #34

"Submission to the pope is rebellion against the man..." LMAO Solly Mack Apr 10 #37

PERFECT REPLY! some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #39

I don't understand this line. "The man" or "the Man"? They generally mean two different things. Ilikepurple Apr 10 #40

That's because some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #42

Want the trappings without the substance? Have I got a deal for you ... JustABozoOnThisBus Apr 10 #53

I'm certain it is not "the man" as in "You the man". Solly Mack Apr 10 #44

It isn't cool. mr715 Apr 10 #38

It's like some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #43

Nothing says cool like waking up early on a Sunday mr715 Apr 10 #45

If they ever go back to Latin masses, I'll return Dave says Apr 10 #50

I know what you mean.......... some_of_us_are_sane Apr 10 #64

"Religion Poisons Everything"- Hitchens duckworth969 Apr 10 #59