Religion

F4lconF16

(3,747 posts) Thu Oct 8, 2015, 05:03 PM Oct 2015

I just asked my transgender roommate about the RCC. [View all]

Ze's response?

You know, I try not to hate on religion much. I just wish it would go away. I don't like the Catholic Church at all, but I don't hate it. It would be nice if it disappeared and went away forever, though.

And yeah, I don't get why people like the Pope so much.

Ze also said that the RCC was very much a bigoted organization. It doesn't make a difference in zirs life if it's policy or if it's just that all the people in the Vatican are transphobic. Either way, it encourages the people around zir to be transphobic, and of course that doesn't end well. And of course, ze thinks the Pope is a bigot. Because of course he is.

Can we please, please, please stop defending, minimizing, and hiding their bigotry on here? Doing so is bigotry in itself, and has real effects on real people.

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I just asked my transgender roommate about the RCC. [View all] F4lconF16 Oct 2015 OP

"their" bigotry is whose bigotry exactly? rug Oct 2015 #1

At least try to be honest brokers who don't try to pretend that a hug mitigates all that trash talk Bluenorthwest Oct 2015 #2

Ok, you answer the question. Whose bigotry is "their" bigotry? rug Oct 2015 #3

I'll answer the question Cartoonist Oct 2015 #9

"Stop being ridiculous" is hardly an answer. rug Oct 2015 #12

Deflecting again Cartoonist Oct 2015 #13

No, that's called clarification. rug Oct 2015 #14

You're wasting valuable energy, cartoonist. cleanhippie Oct 2015 #26

Their bigotry being the RCC's, and more specifically, the Vaticans. F4lconF16 Oct 2015 #5

Thanks for the clarification. rug Oct 2015 #6

"I don't put any more stock in hugs than I do in broad-brushed statements." Lordquinton Oct 2015 #10

There's as much bullshit in that remark as there is in yours. rug Oct 2015 #11

Care to expand? Lordquinton Oct 2015 #15

No. rug Oct 2015 #16

I agree Lordquinton Oct 2015 #17

Do you mean the acronym that is widely known, available with a click if not, rug Oct 2015 #18

And yet you still can't provide it Lordquinton Oct 2015 #19

I just did. rug Oct 2015 #20

But you didn't? Lordquinton Oct 2015 #21

Much as I enjoy this . . . . rug Oct 2015 #22

Ok. Lordquinton Oct 2015 #23

No it is not more inclusive... LostOne4Ever Oct 2015 #24

It is more inclusive than the one he posted. rug Oct 2015 #25

Aww, the Pope hugged a transgender guy? gcomeau Oct 2015 #27

Would it make you feel better if he spit on him? rug Oct 2015 #28

Nope, wouldn't feel better at all. Now you answer a question. gcomeau Oct 2015 #29

No, I think it's an act of grace and humanity. rug Oct 2015 #30

Then WHY DID YOU POST IT gcomeau Oct 2015 #31

Why does it upst you (caps omitted). rug Oct 2015 #32

People wasting the time of everyone in a discussion always irritates me. gcomeau Oct 2015 #33

This must explain my current irritation. rug Oct 2015 #34

Better to flee than to defend your reason for posting the link huh? gcomeau Oct 2015 #35

Lol.Well, now you've got my attention back. rug Oct 2015 #36

Sorry, that's not how this game is played. gcomeau Oct 2015 #37

ust have been the all caps. rug Oct 2015 #38

As a first impression perhaps. gcomeau Oct 2015 #39

Outweighing all the things you alleged. rug Oct 2015 #40

When exactly did we switch from talking about bigotry to "inveterate transphobia"? gcomeau Oct 2015 #41

Inveterate transphobia is bigotry. You objected to the Pope hugging an transgendered person. rug Oct 2015 #42

In the same way my thumb is a finger. gcomeau Oct 2015 #43

You are comparing transphobia to a thumb? rug Oct 2015 #44

We can continue this discussion after you go back to school... gcomeau Oct 2015 #45

I think Ze's will be vindicated in a few decades Yorktown Oct 2015 #4

I agree with "Saint of the Day" -- often inspiring goldent Oct 2015 #7

yes, lots of funny, imaginative stories Yorktown Oct 2015 #8