February 06, 2007
Edwards the Anti-Catholic?So notes K-Lo over at NRO:
Q: What if Mary had taken Plan B after the Lord filled her with his (Ed. Note: really blasphemous part deleted) Holy Spirit? A: You’d have to justify your misogyny with another ancient mythology.That update on the Baltimore Catechism comes via Amanda Marcotte of the Pandagon blog in her “FAQ ON THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S ‘CRAZY’ TEACHINGS ABOUT BIRTH CONTROL.” In it she explains that “the intent” of “mainstream Catholic teaching” on artificial contraception “is to make women suspect their gynecologists* are out to get them and possibly kill some babies for fun.”
It’s a free blogosphere, of course, and Marcotte can ridicule my religion and its teachings all she wants, but Democratic former North Carolina senator John Edwards, if he cares about avoiding offending Catholic voters, might care to take another look at the online writings of the woman he has just hired to be his campaign blogmaster. Her hostility to religion and in particular the Catholic Church should alarm Edwards.
It should alarm Edwards, of course, because I’d assume Edwards would want to avoid “anti-Catholic” from appearing in too many stories next to his name.
And it shall now be my policy - until Edwards fires this "lady", apologises for hiriing and entirely repudiates her opinions - to put "anti-Catholic" in every article I write about Edwards.
Why is it that our liberals just don't recognise bigotry when they see it? They are looking for racism at every turn - including figuring that the word "articulate" is offensive to black Americans - but something as rank and nasty as Marcotte apparently didn't even give Edwards and staff pause before hiring her.
Time to put an end to this rising anti-Catholicism on the left, and no place better than with the firing of Edwards' blogmaster precisely because she is anti-Catholic.
Posted by Mark Noonan on February 6, 2007 11:12 AM
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Edwards an anti-Catholic? It goes well with his homophobia.
Posted by: Nissa Annakindt at February 6, 2007 11:42 AM
Why is it that our liberals just don't recognise bigotry when they see it?
Its not bigotry when it comes from a liberal. When it comes from a liberal its "truth to power" or subtle political humor.
Only conservatives and christians can be ricists.
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at February 6, 2007 12:44 PM
Come on...rising anti-catholicism on the left? Prove it.
That's B.S., and you know it.
You can't criticize knee-jerk, reactionary drivel with...knee-jerk, reactionary drivel.
Posted by: Quami at February 6, 2007 06:07 PM
Hey, I'll have to agree with Quami -- anti-Catholicism is not rising on the Left.
It has been at high tide for decades, to the point that it is seen as mainstream.
Posted by: Rhymes With Right at February 6, 2007 09:53 PM
Quami,
I'm a Catholic, and I see it all the time - the Church is HATED on the left.
Posted by: Mark Noonan at February 7, 2007 12:42 AM
Indeed, Mark, the "anti-Semitism of the (pseudo) intellectuals" is alive and well, especially on the Left.
Some books of interest would include the following.
http://www.worldcatlibraries.org/wcpa/top3mset/689fae8f9e23bee6.html
http://www.amazon.com/Persistent-Prejudice-Anti-Catholicism-America/dp/B000IYWYDE/sr=8-15/qid=1170855828/ref=sr_1_15/102-3445156-4981727?ie=UTF8&s=books
http://www.amazon.com/Anti-Catholicism-America-Last-Acceptable-Prejudice/dp/0824523628/sr=8-2/qid=1170855828/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/102-3445156-4981727?ie=UTF8&s=books
http://www.amazon.com/New-Anti-Catholicism-Last-Acceptable-Prejudice/dp/0195176049/sr=8-1/qid=1170855828/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-3445156-4981727?ie=UTF8&s=books
Posted by: Rhymes With Right at February 7, 2007 08:57 AM
Oh, please. If I thought Senator Edwards was anti-Catholic for a moment I would not support him.
Guess what?
I'd venture to say that I'm one of his strongest supporters.
And I'm Catholic.
Go figure.
Posted by: Iddybud at February 7, 2007 09:20 PM
Puh-leeze. Since when is religion bashing "bigoted"? No more bigoted than pushing a homophobic, anti-women agenda. Religion is the root of all evil (blind leading the blind, not living in reality), and people who wish to say so are protected by free speech--a Constitutional right we are losing every day due to the conservative wing-nuts who have set medical science back 50 years in the last 8, not to mention alienating us from the rest of the world due to their "high moral standards."
Posted by: Missy at February 8, 2007 09:23 PM
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