I think, within certain limits, the arguments about who calls whom what are misdirected and fruitless. "Feelthy papist" is, among other things, my way of saying that if we all did our work properly we wouldn't get all cranked up about nomenclature.
I get that you all think our claims to be "Catholic" in a special way are bogus. We wouldn't be arguing here if you didn't. But to circle each other, tails lashing our flanks, fur standing up, hissing and yowling over what we're going to call ourselves just seems silly to me.
But then I thought it was silly when the North Vietnamese argued about the seating arrangements at Geneva. I mean, heck, let's just get a bunch of bean bag chairs and everybody plop down in the one closest to him and let's talk.
Of course, I was the one who suggested we call our parish shooting club "The Fighting Mackerel Snappers."
I don’t think anyone here cares what you call yourselves, but please make it clear to newcomers that that is how you refer to yourselves, not something Protestants routinely call you