[Gamecock]

It’s hard to decide what is derogatory. There are blogs run by Roman Catholics that embrace the term.

Or is this like a particular minority that embraces a certain word and then cries foul when it is used by an outsider?

[marshmallow]

It’s hard to decide what is derogatory.

You posted it.

Was it meant to be derogatory?

[AbnSarge]

Well, Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, thefreedictionary.com, and other references say it is: MERRIAM-WEBSTER entry: pa·pist noun, often capitalized \ˈpā-pist\ Definition of PAPIST usually disparaging : roman catholic — papist adjective,usually disparaging Papist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia "Papist is a (usually disparaging) term or an anti-Catholic slur, referring to the Roman Catholic Church, its teachings, practices, or adherents." A Dutch crescent-shaped Geuzen medal at the time of the anti-Spanish Dutch Revolt, with the slogan "Liever Turks dan Paaps" ("[We would] rather be Turks than being Papists", literally, "Rather Turkish than Papist"), 1570.[1] Papist is a (usually disparaging) term or an anti-Catholic slur, referring to the Roman Catholic Church, its teachings, practices, or adherents.