[annalex]

OK. How about:

A.

Freeper X: I am a Protestant.
Annalex: Protestants are heretics.

And, if that is still not allowed,

B.

Freeper X: I am a Protestant. What do you think of Protestants?
Annalex: Protestants are heretics.

I am not trying to tease you, -- these are scenarios that are hard to avoid.

Also, a perhaps wider question: at least for a Catholic, "heretic" is a technical term, a rough synonym for "non-catholic". It does not imply hatred at all and should not be listed alongside examples like "child molester" or "liar".

[Religion Moderator]

I would not consider either of them "finessing the guideline" or "making it personal."

However, if Freeper X makes the thread "about" himself by constant complaining that he was called heretic indirectly, then Freeper X would be warned to stop making the thread "about" individual Freepers - in this case, "about" himself.