Those that would bash those of the Jewish faith here are singled out for their anti-Semitism.
Those that would bash those of the Islamic faith here are singled out for their bigotry.
The hostility towards atheists in the outside world is repeatedly attacked on here, with atheists welcomed with open arms.
Those that would attack Catholics though?
They get their diaries recommended.
Here's the latest example:
http://www.dailykos.com/...
As commenter Celtic Merlin points out in the thread, the diary is grossly misleading and is once again yet another outlet to bestow scorn and condemnation upon Catholics.
Do I agree with everything the Pope says? Not at all. Most Catholics disagree in some form or another, yet commenter after commenter on that thread would like to ridicule Catholics as mindless drones blindly following their Papist master.
Are there things the church has done wrong? Very much so. Some horrifically so. Attack the people involved, not the entire faith.
Do you attack every Muslim when one commits a suicide bombing? Do you attack every Jew for the excesses of an Israeli soldier?
So why is it that we are okay targets?
Not only is it absurd, but it also ignores the significant amount of good Catholicism has done in the world too.
Ask Sonia Sotomayor if she would be where she is today without a Catholic school education. I doubt she would say anything but not where she is today. Nor would scores of inner city youths, a significant number of them not Catholics, whose parents turn to the Catholic school system because the public schools have failed them and no one else is there to help.
Ask those that have been helped by Catholic Charities throughout the world, and they will tell you how grateful they are.
Ask those in Poland if the Catholic Church helped them through their fight against the Soviets, and they will look at you as if you are crazy to even ask.
But of course because a few old white guys in Rome chose an ignorant bigot to be the church's spiritual leader, it's okay to condemn us as a whole and spit on all the good that has been done too.