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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's true, though.  If you see a car driven by the Catholic Mafia, it's all about the Gonzaga or Prep bumper sticker.  You never see a college bumper sticker.[/quote]

Ridiculous, but it IS true that you are a bigot.[/quote]

I'm not this poster, but I can't see how this observation is "bigoted" in any way.

The poster may be poking a little fun at these people, because he/she and their ilk think these people with these bumper stickers and their fierce allegiances to these high schools are ridiculous. He/she want these people to be aligned with their value system. He/she appears to think these people are silly and not necessarily bad people.

Of course, the Prep and GZA alums with the close life-long ties to these schools don't care at all about what this person thinks. They have their way, they believe in it, and its worked petty well for them for a very long time.[/quote]

It's beyond poking fun -- this string of posts is mocking, prejudiced, and dismissive.  It seeks to paint a large swath of Catholics with the same biased brush.  You are similarly feeding into this all too prevalent bigotry, when you only mention Prep and Gonzaga and dismissively describe how "THEY" think . . .[/quote]

I am one of those DC Catholics. I'm a Gonzaga graduate.

I think the observation is pretty much correct.

I agree that very frequently we do consider our high school association a more important than our college one. My closest friends are the guys I went to Gonzaga with and a few Prep and St John's guys I have developed relationships with. I am not threatened or insulted by this in any way.
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