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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's ridiculous to even compare, OP. My maternal family is very Catholic and I really don't think there's anti-Catholicism discrimination in western countries (US and Europe).

In the West, I feel it's Islam that is by far the most heavily discriminated against. It's normalized so you don't even realize it, which is a terrible thing. Hardly anyone talks about it, unless someone's on the news for stabbing or raping Muslims (which has happened in our area).

Anti-Semitism exists too, of course, but at least there are many extremely influential Jewish people and organizations to speak out against it.

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Your blanket statement that there’s no discrimination against Catholics in US or Europe is laughably ridiculous.  Sure, over time things have gotten better — much better, maybe — but this country has a history of blatant discrimination against Catholics in general and immigrants from largely Catholic countries in particular.   Just ask the Irish for starters.

Interestingly I just watched the Ed Sullivan documentary on Netflix.  The empathy that he felt for black performers— and his dedication to getting them airtime — was rooted in the experience of his parents as Irish immigrants.

Are you one of those people who thinks that there’s no longer discrimination against blacks in our country since we once elected Obama?   Because that’s how you come across.  [/quote]

PP you replied to. I'm European, not American. To me Catholicism is the Established Religious Creed of the Western world. Even though America was founded by people escaping from its clutches, Catholicism is well established in the US, and there was no large-scale bloody massacre of any Catholics here. If you know your history, you will recall that there were plenty of mass murders of Protestants in European countries. Think Wars of Religion, where the streets ran with blood and they piled up corpses on carts to bury them in mass graves.

We have different timelines and perspectives. To me, Catholic people across the ages haven't suffered all that much, and have actually inflicted a lot more suffering on other creeds. Ex: the colonization of Latin America.

So. Maybe step back a bit to get the full picture.

And I say all this as a cultural Catholic.

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I have a suggestion.  Stick to your lane.  As you say, you're European.  You're not even American.  So don't try and tell me, an American, about the American experience.  In return, I would try and educate you about Europe.  [/quote]

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