I’m not inclined to give anyone a pass on hateful slurs. However, I am also aware that Catholics and Orthodox have, in moments of anger, said a great many hateful things to each other over the last nine centuries.
If an Orthodox FReeper says something like that to me, I will probably make some response. Nevertheless, I am not aware of any Orthodox FReepers who hate the Catholic Church and by extension Catholics, I cannot say the same of certain Protestants.
“However, I am also aware that Catholics and Orthodox have, in moments of anger, said a great many hateful things to each other over the last nine centuries.”
Yes, but the difference is that for the average Catholic, AD 1204 (or AD 1182) are long ago, obscure dates in old, dusty history books, while for the average Orthodox, it seems as if 1204 is just a little more distant in time than the day before yesterday.
“Nevertheless, I am not aware of any Orthodox FReepers who hate the Catholic Church...”
It would be mind-reading to say who hates the Catholic Church. But I will say that it is a reasonable facsimile of hatred to announce publicly that one will not call Catholics Catholics, but rather “Latins,” in denigration of their claim of catholicity.
It doesn't seem to be of a different kind than the hateful expressions of the Protestants.
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