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The pope can piss off.
I'd rather see respectful dialogue, obv, and criticism of ideas, and not people
I broadly agree though.
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Yep contradicting myself there, by going for the pope.
But I find it hard not to play the man due to all the things the RCC and his lackeys are up to.
He has a lot of power, but doesn't use it to actually ensure rights for gay people in Catholic schools. Anti bullying policies would be nice.
In theory only ideas ought to be criticised, but I've lost patience with him and most religious figureheads.
Trying to back up extremists is the final straw it seems...temper temper ^=^
JWestland
The pope can piss off.
Every belief system is open to criticism, for example feminists get insulted on a daily basis, so do people that vote certain parties, what's so special about religious belief systems? F-all.
I'd rather see respectful dialogue, obv, and criticism of ideas, and not people. But your religion is an idea, and what you may find offensive is not offensive to others.
The religious groups shouting butthurt are usually the biggest assholes when it comes to other people (RCC and woman / gay rights is an example) so to ask for special treatment over beliefs while denying people rights is rather crass.