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hunter

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19. Right wing Catholics are as wretched as right wing Protestants.

Reply to Prairie Gates (Reply #15)

Mon Feb 9, 2026, 10:50 AM

19 hrs ago

For a few years my parents lived in a California Republican stronghold where it seemed the local Catholic parish and the right wing evangelical churches were in competition to see who could be most hateful.

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Seems the Ancient Order of Hibernians has condemned dump [View all] CountAllVotes Saturday OP

fuck you NASTY CountAllVotes Sunday #1

My mother's family dropped the O and for a time changed the spelling to make it sound Protestant Historic NY Sunday #10

Very sad lives CountAllVotes Sunday #13

At that time in San Francisco many people of English origin... hunter Yesterday #18

My paternal great grandparents both came from Ireland Rhiannon12866 Sunday #2

The Irish are fine patriots IMO CountAllVotes Sunday #3

Kudos to both your grandfather and your husband! And I sure agree that the Irish are great patriots! Rhiannon12866 Sunday #4

All of the men in my family served CountAllVotes Sunday #5

Same thing in my family, my Dad and all my uncles Rhiannon12866 Sunday #9

Yes they all signed up even the earlier one for WW1 Historic NY Sunday #16

They were also infuriated last year over his stupid Pope meme Tanuki Sunday #6

Maith sibh! pat_k Sunday #7

I'm grateful for This... But I have to Cha Sunday #8

Too busy calling LGBTQ Irish an abomination Prairie Gates Sunday #15

Right wing Catholics are as wretched as right wing Protestants. hunter 19 hrs ago #19

My great grandparents... róisín_dubh Sunday #11

I am set to go if I care to CountAllVotes Sunday #14

It is, indeed, very expensive. róisín_dubh Sunday #17

Well, crap, I didn't know that about Nast. I guess most of those cartoons didn't survive, unlike his Tammany Hall ones. eppur_se_muova Sunday #12