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To: Zionist Conspirator

“Catholics may not engage in dialogue about doctrines ...
ethno-cultural slurs...”

I have never seen one example of a Catholic on this forum engage in name calling and I have seen plenty of engagement on doctrine. Catholics are usually referred to derisively as “you guys”.


168 posted on 10/11/2013 4:59:37 AM PDT by stonehouse01 (Equal rights for unborn women)
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To: stonehouse01; Zionist Conspirator
I have never seen one example of a Catholic on this forum engage in name calling and I have seen plenty of engagement on doctrine. Catholics are usually referred to derisively as “you guys”.

Because the word *you* can mean singular or plural. It's not derision. It's clarification.

If one doesn't clarify, the the Catholic to which one is speaking starts spamming the abuse button, complaining to the RM that some non-Catholic is *making it personal*. By saying *you guys* or y'all*, it denotes plurality, Catholicism as a group rather than making it personal.

If Catholics didn't have such a thin skin that they flip over some perceived slight, then it wouldn't be an issue.

180 posted on 10/11/2013 12:16:15 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of faith....)
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To: stonehouse01
I have never seen one example of a Catholic on this forum engage in name calling and I have seen plenty of engagement on doctrine. Catholics are usually referred to derisively as “you guys”.

"Bible-thumpers."
"Snake-handlers.
"Brain-dead bibliolators."

Sure. Never happens. Ever. It's all my imagination. Or I suppose I'm lying because I'm so mean.[/sarcasm]

But meanwhile, "you guys" is a nasty ethnic slur. Suuuuuure it is.[/sarcasm]

182 posted on 10/11/2013 12:20:28 PM PDT by Zionist Conspirator (The Left: speaking power to truth since Shevirat HaKelim.)
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To: stonehouse01
I have never seen one example of a Catholic on this forum engage in name calling

REALLY?!?

Seriously?

184 posted on 10/11/2013 12:25:33 PM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists take the stand: "There is no God AND I hate Him.")
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