Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

hedgehog

(36,286 posts)

7. I attempted to point out that certain details were untrue -

Reply to rug (Original post)

Tue Jun 17, 2014, 03:10 AM

Jun 2014

that while the actual story was bad enough, people were using the false story to jump all over the Catholic Church. I was castigated for that, as well as for pointing out that is was a societal problem. That did not match with the narrative that the Catholic Church is the root of all evil.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

13 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

"796 Babies In A Septic Tank": Does An Anti-Catholic Bias Help Explain This Hoax? [View all] rug Jun 2014 OP

So .... there were no dead babies in a hole in the ground? Trajan Jun 2014 #1

Read it again. rug Jun 2014 #2

Much like the pedophile priests stories Al Carroll Jun 2014 #3

Welcome to DU, Al. rug Jun 2014 #4

Anti-Catholic bias may well be the main culprit in the false story, but IrishAyes Jun 2014 #5

The Mirror was driving much of this. rug Jun 2014 #6

I've missed this group while off on what turned out to be a fool's errand, IrishAyes Jun 2014 #9

Wow, that sucks. rug Jun 2014 #11

The one thing the front man was great at was PR; he appeared on nearly a dozen IrishAyes Jun 2014 #12

That's too bad. rug Jun 2014 #13

I attempted to point out that certain details were untrue - hedgehog Jun 2014 #7

Society wants a bogeyman to deflect attention from its own culpability, IrishAyes Jun 2014 #8

There's way too much of that going on. rug Jun 2014 #10