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Atticus

(15,124 posts)
Thu Apr 28, 2022, 04:18 PM Apr 2022

Given Ms Taylor-Greene's recent statement that Satan is controlling the Catholic Church, how

long will it be before we're told that the Pope is a coke-snorting pedophile using the Vatican to traffic sex slaves and producing child porn?

So far, the MAGA party has trashed Muslims, Jews and Catholics. Can Methodists, Lutherans, Presbyterians and even Baptists be far behind?

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Given Ms Taylor-Greene's recent statement that Satan is controlling the Catholic Church, how (Original Post) Atticus Apr 2022 OP
In the Vatican's basement. lpbk2713 Apr 2022 #1
Greene wasn't complaining when Trump was nominating Catholic Justices to the SCOTUS. TheBlackAdder Apr 2022 #15
Satan Is Too Busy Controlling Republicans To Worry About The Pope And His Club DanieRains Apr 2022 #2
We'll know it's coming when she starts calling Biden a "Papist" who swears allegiance to Rome. sop Apr 2022 #3
Oh, that's coming. MTG got caught last April... keep_left Apr 2022 #5
Thanks for the link. Good read! n/t intheflow Apr 2022 #24
That's a Papal Smear H2O Man Apr 2022 #8
Do the repukes hire actors to look this nuts? Jack-o-Lantern Apr 2022 #4
Satan doesn't exist but there's not much worth defending about the Catholic Church. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2022 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2022 #10
Sorry, but I see what I see. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2022 #11
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2022 #13
Truth is neither right nor left wing. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2022 #16
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2022 #17
I'm clearly pointing out that the church has these issues. BlueTsunami2018 Apr 2022 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2022 #19
Not just your opinion. Hang in there. nt Atticus Apr 2022 #22
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Apr 2022 #29
Protestant clergy also engage in sexual misconduct, intheflow Apr 2022 #25
Then why doesn't she go after the awful catholics on the supreme court? usonian Apr 2022 #7
She has been reading Chick Tracts. Caliman73 Apr 2022 #9
And the person MTG worships as the son of God, LastDemocratInSC Apr 2022 #12
How many Catholics are in her district? Emile Apr 2022 #14
They dun run them Papists outta her holla. intheflow Apr 2022 #26
Does she also think Satan is controlling the Catholic members of SCOTUS? sinkingfeeling Apr 2022 #20
Gotta keep up with the crazy RW conspiracies BarackTheVote Apr 2022 #21
Taste the crazy. ck4829 Apr 2022 #23
Wait, I thought Satan was controlling the White House... milestogo Apr 2022 #27
Don't let it get out, but... XacerbatedDem Apr 2022 #28

TheBlackAdder

(28,167 posts)
15. Greene wasn't complaining when Trump was nominating Catholic Justices to the SCOTUS.
Thu Apr 28, 2022, 05:58 PM
Apr 2022

.

In fact, Greene was against the only Protestant SCOTUS Justice -- Katanji Brown Jackson.



Six Full-On Catholic Justices, Two Jewish Justices, and then there's Neal Gorsuch. . .

Justice Gorsuch considers himself a Catholic or a Catholic leaning Episcopalian.


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keep_left

(1,780 posts)
5. Oh, that's coming. MTG got caught last April...
Thu Apr 28, 2022, 05:14 PM
Apr 2022

...in the planning stages of starting an "Anglo-Saxon think tank" with idiots like Paul Gosar and Matt Gaetz. A document got leaked to the press which contained references to "classical European architecture", the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, and "Anglo-Saxon culture" (all favorite dog whistles of the alt-right). Going full fash is only inches away after that, including WASP supremacy and anti-Catholicism.

One of the hosts on the leftist Chapo Trap House podcast (Amber, I think) predicted that the American right would eventually start flirting with fascism this way: attacking non-WASP subgroups for being "insufficiently American". So groups like the Italians (especially southern Italians), Irish, Slavs, etc. would increasingly find themselves becoming "others", at least with those on the far right.

An op-ed by Jonah Goldberg: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-20/marjorie-taylor-greene-anglo-saxon-traditions

BlueTsunami2018

(3,482 posts)
6. Satan doesn't exist but there's not much worth defending about the Catholic Church.
Thu Apr 28, 2022, 05:17 PM
Apr 2022

It’s been a worldwide pedophile ring for hundreds of years. I doubt Francis snorts coke but the rest of your question probably isn’t far off the mark.

She’s an idiot but there’s hay to be made attacking the church.

Response to BlueTsunami2018 (Reply #6)

BlueTsunami2018

(3,482 posts)
11. Sorry, but I see what I see.
Thu Apr 28, 2022, 05:51 PM
Apr 2022

There’s no defending the church on this. They have covered up thousands upon thousands of child rapes, moved “problem” priests to other parishes to commit their heinous crimes over and again. If it’s any consolation, I think all religions are the same in this regard and I feel that it’s all a bunch of superstitious claptrap and nonsense. The greatest scam ever invented.

Response to BlueTsunami2018 (Reply #11)

BlueTsunami2018

(3,482 posts)
16. Truth is neither right nor left wing.
Thu Apr 28, 2022, 06:13 PM
Apr 2022

And that’s a lame attack. I’m hardly a “right winger”. They’re generally as religiously insane as anyone. Are you saying these things haven’t happened? Because lying and delusion is far more right wing than pointing out facts.

Response to BlueTsunami2018 (Reply #16)

BlueTsunami2018

(3,482 posts)
18. I'm clearly pointing out that the church has these issues.
Thu Apr 28, 2022, 07:22 PM
Apr 2022

The church, of course, being the clergy and the leadership. The “flock” are the victims, both of the abuse and the general scam. Although the latter is self-inflected after the age of reason is reached.

Response to BlueTsunami2018 (Reply #18)

Response to Atticus (Reply #22)

intheflow

(28,442 posts)
25. Protestant clergy also engage in sexual misconduct,
Fri Apr 29, 2022, 09:46 AM
Apr 2022

including raping and molesting children. It's easier to see the pattern in the Catholic church because of the rigidly structured hierarchy under a gigantic umbrella organization. Protestant denominations have neither the numbers of followers nor an umbrella organization uniting the hundreds of denominations and thousands of independent churches. To me, this sounds the same as saying all Americans are responsible for TFG's actions.

usonian

(9,689 posts)
7. Then why doesn't she go after the awful catholics on the supreme court?
Thu Apr 28, 2022, 05:18 PM
Apr 2022

John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Sonia Sotomayor, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.
Sorry Sonia.

Can a judge be re-appointed?
Asking for a friend.

Caliman73

(11,725 posts)
9. She has been reading Chick Tracts.
Thu Apr 28, 2022, 05:24 PM
Apr 2022

For those of you unfamiliar

[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chick_tract|

That would be about or probably way above, her level of comprehension though.

LastDemocratInSC

(3,645 posts)
12. And the person MTG worships as the son of God,
Thu Apr 28, 2022, 05:52 PM
Apr 2022

was a short, brown skinned, bushy headed Palestinian community activist. Not exactly WASP material.

intheflow

(28,442 posts)
26. They dun run them Papists outta her holla.
Fri Apr 29, 2022, 09:50 AM
Apr 2022
I'm sure she rules in a sunset town, no Blacks, Jews, or Papists allowed after dark!

BarackTheVote

(938 posts)
21. Gotta keep up with the crazy RW conspiracies
Thu Apr 28, 2022, 08:12 PM
Apr 2022

QAnon has been accusing the Pope of being part of the “Cabal” since at least the summer before the election.

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