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In reply to the discussion: This anti-Catholic crap is getting to be annoying [View all]King_Klonopin
(1,409 posts)No one has a monopoly on being either the victims or the perpetrators
of intolerance. I did not ask for pity nor sympathy.
Now I know why residents of "The South" get so exasperated
when they are stigmatized by the shame of their past sins of slavery
and racism -- all are guilty through association and must suffer the
consequences. When will it no longer be necessary to remind them of
their past?
If we go back further, St. Paul killed followers of Jesus before converting
to Christianity himself, the Romans killed Christians just for sport and
entertainment, the Nazis sent Catholics to concentration camps, and
Catholics have always been on the KKK shitlist.
The Inquisition has the same relevance to me as the Roman Colosseum.
Early Americans came here to avoid persecution of King George V, as I recall.
(You forgot to mention North vs South Ireland in the list of Catholic excesses
and transgressions.)
I know your points are all historically accurate, but they just ignore all
of the salient points I have just tried to make.
Thanks for the pat on the head, but do you need to remind me of the
church's terrible acts, or simply want to remind me?