Reply #4: Yes, it the only kind of bigotry

[sabrina 1]

that appears to be acceptable here.

I remember fighting these exact same kind of bigoted posts regarding Muslims, just substitute the word 'Catholic' and 'Pope' for 'Muslims' and 'Allah' and most of the left, to their credit, denounced the obvious bigotry of the right.

The all out assault on Muslims and their faith, because of the actions of a few, was never tolerated on any progressive board that I remember.

There are one billion Muslims in the world, among them some pretty bad people, but the propaganda from the right was intended to tar all of those people with the same brush.

But at least there were good people denouncing the bigotry.

Catholics are fair game on this board, it seems and this kind of post, a vicious claim no matter who it might be aimed at, with no basis in fact, is exactly what I saw on rightwing boards, implying that all Muslim clerics were pedophiles, I'm sure people remember, without a shred of evidence. The problem is that this kind of lie will undermine any attempt to deal with the real problems as people turn away in disgust.