Letters to the Editor
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Get a clue, Ignatius...
...this isn't about you. But thanks for the mini-biography, I'm sure we're all fascinated!!
This isn't about pedophilia, either. Yes, that scandal was a disgrace--and other faiths have suffered similar problems (though they don't get the same salacious headlines).
Most anti-Catholic movies, like Agnes of God, True Confessions, The Magdelene Sisters, etc. have NOTHING to do with pedophilia. The breadth of anti-Catholic stereotypes ranges far beyond pedophilia, taking in hypocrisy;, sexual frigidity (about as far from a sex crime as you can get);, deranged, abusive nuns; alcoholism; outright insanity; thieving church officials; and on and on.
Your post addressed NONE of these things. And your claim that there is no such thing as anti-Catholic bigotry betrays an astonishing sociological and cultural ignorance.
Name an equal number of films, songs, television shows, and celebrity quotes that attack any other religion.
This topic is about religious bigotry. In this case, a Catholic is being jusitifiably villified for saying hateful things about another religion. My point--which seemed fairly straightforward but clearly flew over at least one head the first time--is that it would be nice if such bigotry were not tolerated toward ANY religion. Not exactly a controversial stance--or so I thought.