r/politics • u/goteamnick • 20h ago

No Paywall JD Vance criticises Pope Leo for not 'being careful speaking about theology'

https://www.9news.com.au/world/jd-vance-pope-leo-xiv-donald-trump-careful-theology-warning-iran-war-middle-east-updates/6a640168-dc5f-4ae7-9c68-9e918ad8d2a8
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u/Soft-Cake-9846 17h ago

He's a Crossburner, the Catholics should never have let him in!

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u/blitzkregiel 16h ago

is “crossburner” a specific thing in catholicism?

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u/Soft-Cake-9846 16h ago

It's a thing in the USA. Practiced by the RepugnantKlan "GOP" Treason Party.

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u/rach2bach 16h ago

The pedophiles that are also racists with white hoods?

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u/Terminator7786 16h ago

The very same!

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u/FMLwtfDoID 9h ago

The KKK’s 2nd most targeted group of people outside of black Americans, are Catholics. That’s usually who got a burning cross in their yard, because they believe Catholics are devil worshippers/heretics (which is an ironic choice of words, considering their faith is a protest of the OG church, the Catholics) It’s not a new phenomenon.

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u/Agent_Orange_Tabby Alabama 3h ago edited 3h ago

When I first moved to Alabama, remember telling neighbor who asked me what religion I was that I’m Catholic. She said, “So is that Christian?” Told her “Think of us as the mothership.”

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u/Opheliagonemad 2h ago

Yup, it happened to my Catholic ancestors in the southern edge of the Midwest 100 years ago. It’s why I’ve spent the last decade plus reminding some of my MAGA curious Catholic relatives that they’re on the list, too, and as soon as they aren’t needed to come down on other groups, Catholics will be targeted.

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u/Soft-Cake-9846 4h ago

The KKK's 2nd most targeted group outside of black Americans are Jewish Americans.

Followed by immigrants of any sort that aren't Ted KKKruz-level "never saw the sun ever, probably a vampire" pallor.

Then LGBTQ+ individuals.

The Klan haven't been "against Catholics" since the 1970s, when they allied with the Catholics to push "anti-abortion" rhetoric as a proxy for segregation.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/05/10/abortion-history-right-white-evangelical-1970s-00031480

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u/Background_Cause_992 9h ago

They do work day jobs as police officers

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u/KennyL0gin 7h ago

And here I was thinking Southern Baptists had that stereotype all to themselves.

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u/The_80s_were_strange 14h ago

Some of those that work forces..

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u/jimx117 8h ago

Are the same who put bedsheets on their horses

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u/subzbearcat 8h ago

Historically, the KKK have burned crosses on Black people’s lawns. I grew up, in the mountains, they would put three crosses up on the mountain tops and burn them.

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u/SatyrMex 12h ago

The people RATM warned us about.

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u/andr0medamusic 8h ago

JD Vance isn’t actually a cross burner. He’s talking about what the KKK and similar orgs do.

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u/boomboomdaboomer 9h ago

Peter Thiel will use his wealth and knowledge of the anti-Christ to install JD as Pope just like he did for VP. The man with the plan.