[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Sure. But the term applies to no one on this forum, so I’m not entirely sure how it’s relevant.

[metmom]

Check out post 40 this thread.

You’ll see it used in a snarky manner, meant to be derogatory.

[metmom]

That you do not believe Mary was the Immaculate Conception is where the problem arises.........I think. If you did believe She was the Immaculate Conception, would you then capitalize Her name, remembering this is the MOST important birth the world has ever known, regardless.

That doesn't matter. Catholics and Catholicism STILL use it to describe others.

If they can dish it out, they ought to be able to take it.

Catholics being offended, or taking offense, when someone uses a word that they have no qualms about using for others, is a double standard, aka, hypocrisy.