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10-17-2007, 01:00 AM
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The last acceptable form of bigotry
I was listening to the radio the other day and heard a guest commentator say that the last acceptable form of bigotry in the United States is the bigotry against the Orthodox of Catholic Church. At first I took the comment with a grain of salt, but later began thinking about it. In the last 50 years, we have (rightly so) eliminated the acceptable nature of bigotry against African-Americans, Jews (as evidenced by the recent Ann Coulter fiasco), Asians and to a great extent , homosexuals. I recently came across a billboard promoting the Folsom street fair; a gay pride parade. Here's the billboard:
 The thing I took away from this advertisement? Mock Christians: Good; yet confront any group other then christian your deemed a bigot, racist, homophobe. Philip Jenkins, an Episcopalian historian, in The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice maintains that some people who otherwise avoid offending members of racial, religious, ethnic or gender groups have no reservations about venting their hatred of Catholics. Earlier in the twentieth century, Harvard professor Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. characterized prejudice against the Catholics as "the deepest bias in the history of the American people" and Yale professor Peter Viereck once commented that "Catholic baiting is the anti-Semitism of the liberals." Now, I might be alone in this idea. I'm interested to see what other people think about the subject. 
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10-17-2007, 01:07 AM
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Re: The last acceptable form of bigotry
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10-17-2007, 01:11 AM
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Re: The last acceptable form of bigotry
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I'm gonna disagree. [/ QUOTE ] I don't understand. Are you saying that bigotry against mormons is still acceptable, or that because the majority of people would vote a catholic into office, that somehow makes them immune to bigotry?
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10-17-2007, 01:12 AM
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Re: The last acceptable form of bigotry
iron, I don't think he's saying it's the largest group of bigotry, he's just saying that it's the only acceptable form of it because it's against the majority.
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10-17-2007, 01:12 AM
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10-17-2007, 01:13 AM
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Re: The last acceptable form of bigotry
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[ QUOTE ] I'm gonna disagree. [/ QUOTE ] I don't understand. Are you saying that bigotry against mormons is still acceptable, or that because the majority of people would vote a catholic into office, that somehow makes them immune to bigotry? [/ QUOTE ] No, he's talking about bigotry against atheists.
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10-17-2007, 01:13 AM
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Re: The last acceptable form of bigotry
I agree what everyone has said in this thread. While gays have become more social acceptable, it is perfectly acceptable in many cases to be bigoted against gays. Not all cases, but there are available.
Also being bigoted against southerners is the status quo for pretty much every comedian above the mason dixon line.
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