[wardaddy]

I often defend Catholics here from being picked on but some of ya’ll bring it on yourself bigtime.

I had never ever seen Catholic prejudice towards non Catholics till I came here at 42 ten years ago.

I don’t really care if folks are prejudiced, sometimes it’s warranted but if you do then you can’t complain if it comes back at ya.

Not hard to see how Ulster has festered for so long with this sorta get alongness.

[Patrick Madrid]

Sometimes the truth hurts. This happens to be one of those truths that provokes antagonism from some who don't want to hear it.

Speaking the truth usually brings "being picked on." That's fine. As a Catholic who respects Protestants even though I strongly disagree with some of their theological opinions, I don't subscribe to the "go along to get along" approach you seem to be advocating. And I'd bet that if you took a poll of the committed Protestants who frequent the FR religion section, they'd say the same thing.

[OpusatFR]

“I don’t really care if folks are prejudiced,...”

That’s a pretty broad description of Catholics desiring their children to maintain and marry with and raise their children in the faith they believe is the Truth.

In employment, housing, education, or any public venue, Catholics certainly haven’t discriminated.

The Ulster situation is entirely different having been an occupied territory for hundreds of years with Protestant discrimination in every single area of housing, employment, education and other public venues.

[Flying Circus]

Ulster is what Ulster is because the British government always butts in on the side of the Protestant loyalists. Catholic vs Protestant divisions in Ireland are reflections of secular divisions- British loyalist vs Irish nationalist. At their root they have always been such.

Ulster is non-sequitur to this discussion.

[wmfights]

Nice analysis.