Are Catholics who respect their Pope

[ben_meyers]

Unwelcome in the Democratic Party? From some of the comments directed at him here I would have to guess not. I guess we don't need them anyway.

[movonne]

1. This one is very unpopular...

[Lerkfish]

2. don't sweat it, there's a large anti-religion bias here

they hate protestants, too.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

5. Don't forget Nazis.

We're very biased against Nazis.

We're practically nazi nazis.

[Lerkfish]

12. LOL! well, there IS that.

so happens I'm a nazi against nazis also.

[L. Coyote]

17. There are some Nazi Nazi Nazis lurking too.

But remember, all the jokes are done with lots of LOVE under the big tent.

That said, I thought I wore strange dresses :rofl:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

3. Are Democrats who respect the President unwelcome?

:shrug:

[angrycarpenter]

10. That would be a rare bird

It would be entertaining to talk to one and hear their rationale.

[ret5hd]

4. Martyr much?

[JuniperLea]

6. Rude much? eom

[ret5hd]

11. Ask an insipid question...

get one in response.

[Brigid]

7. I hope Catholics who respect the Pope are welcome here.

He and I don't see eye to eye on some things, but I still respect him. Let the naysayers yammer away all they want; they're not going to change my mind.

[ret5hd]

8. So your mind is closed on the subject?

[Brigid]

14. I have no plans to stop respecting the Pope, no.

If that's what you mean.

[LiberalFighter]

13. I suppose he deserves respect.. preferably while in Italy...

and preferably not as a world leader. I don't see any other top religious leader given the same level of honor and respect.

[demosincebirth]

15. Ditto.

[mmonk]

9. I hope so.

Respect doesn't mean agreement. As a Catholic, I don't happen to respect him but that is me and my standards don't have to apply to others.

[Dutch]

16. Yes, as long as you don't demand that the rest of us have to respect him too.

[emilyg]

20. Why would we do that?

[GoneOffShore]

18. I have a friend who is a Catholic priest

And he finds Benedict objectionable.

Of course, my friend could have been a model for the "radical priest" in Paul Simon's song.

[brentspeak]

19. You're assuming everyone posting here is an actual Democrat

The nuttier and divisive comments I read here are rarely, if ever, echoed at Democratic meet-ups in the real world.

[emilyg]

21. Excellent point.

[etherealtruth]

22. Truer words could not be spoken nt

[Breeze54]

23. People here can express their opinions, whether you like them or not.

If they don't like the pope or don't have two cents worth of caring about him, I can't say
that I blame them but if you do, that's fine too, I guess but don't expect everyone to agree
with you. And also not everyone on DU who claims to be a Dem, is in fact a Dem. Many are here
to disrupt for the elections and that''s their only reason to be here... to sow unrest.