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Lifeafter70

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42. Yes when I was very young

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #15)

Mon Apr 13, 2026, 10:49 PM

17 hrs ago

My irish catholic grandfather told me the story of when the klan burned a cross in front of their farmhouse
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The anti-Catholic hate from MAGA is not surprising. The Klan hated Catholics and MAGA is the modern iteration of the KKK [View all] applegrove 22 hrs ago OP

Maga goons SunImp 22 hrs ago #1

Trump is the only candidate The Wizard 21 hrs ago #2

All my MAGA relatives are Catholic. maxsolomon 21 hrs ago #3

I don't think so Raven123 19 hrs ago #17

How long will it take for (fill in the blank) to realize that they were just a tool? erronis 19 hrs ago #23

You're correct about my relatives - they are Anti-Abortion voters, period. maxsolomon 4 hrs ago #47

Same here...cognitive dissonance is beyond them. La Coliniere 19 hrs ago #18

Blood is thicker than water. OC375 21 hrs ago #4

I find it ironic that my raging MAGA sister is a raging Catholic! Hope22 20 hrs ago #5

I hope she finds the errors of her ways, voluntarily. erronis 19 hrs ago #24

I was asking her to check out Project 2025 before voting, nothing more. Hope22 18 hrs ago #39

Mine too goes to Mass three times a week Lifeafter70 18 hrs ago #34

That sounds like my sister. Hope22 17 hrs ago #40

Damn do we have the same sister lol Lifeafter70 17 hrs ago #41

LOL! That is what I was going to say! Hope22 17 hrs ago #44

Nope Lifeafter70 16 hrs ago #45

All the 'Republican Christians' hated Catholics until their coalition needed more votes ToxMarz 20 hrs ago #6

Isn't JD catholic? Ruh-roh... Marie Marie 20 hrs ago #7

Yes, he probably thinks the current Pope owes his position to him because what happened after JDs visit to the last pope ChicagoTeamster 19 hrs ago #12

I'm sorry but that made me laugh Lifeafter70 18 hrs ago #36

No problem. Trump will just give JD an indulgence... maybe. Or an excommunication if he's lucky. erronis 19 hrs ago #25

The anti-Catholicism from the protestant faiths has always been a thing deep down. the nelm 20 hrs ago #8

Wait 'til the Pope... BurnDoubt 19 hrs ago #13

Personally, left all that malarkey behind years ago. the nelm 19 hrs ago #16

Protestants think that's all crap. paleotn 19 hrs ago #19

I am a Recovering Catholic... BurnDoubt 20 hrs ago #9

Love that: "although Jesus IS the poster-boy for "Woke"... in fact he's the author." erronis 19 hrs ago #26

I have often said that I'm a liberal thanks to the nuns at Catechism pounding the Acts of Mercy into my pointed head dflprincess 19 hrs ago #28

FDT orangecrush 20 hrs ago #10

My Catholic ancestors were true followers of Christ. ananda 20 hrs ago #11

I knew such people as a child. BurnDoubt 19 hrs ago #14

One thing I've always like about Catholics is their view of the poor. paleotn 19 hrs ago #22

I think the same way. ananda 18 hrs ago #38

Funny thing. I always thought the iconography of the KKK was very Catholic adjacent... Wounded Bear 19 hrs ago #15

The Klan was very anti-Catholic until sometime in the late 1960s or 1970s dflprincess 18 hrs ago #29

That's interesting. yardwork 18 hrs ago #31

Yes when I was very young Lifeafter70 17 hrs ago #42

There is a whole crazy history with American protestant Christians and American Catholic Christians. FascismIsDeath 19 hrs ago #20

It's probably less about the cult of christianity than about men's lust for power. erronis 19 hrs ago #27

I could never figure the dislike for Atheists. BidenRocks 19 hrs ago #21

Easy. We're not controllable by appeals to "higher powers". erronis 18 hrs ago #30

Same reason queer folks are hated and feared by MAGATs yardwork 18 hrs ago #33

History Is A Funny Thing. FATHER COUGHLIN, ANYONE? ColoringFool 18 hrs ago #32

Many Catholics are MAGA. Most voted for Trump JI7 18 hrs ago #35

The Fox News KKK bully pulpit. Initech 18 hrs ago #37

On the other hand, Trump has reportedly been supported by a majority of Catholic voters, Jack Valentino 17 hrs ago #43

Recommended. H2O Man 16 hrs ago #46