Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Yes, Cardinal Burke, women are TERRIFYING...
Here's something out of today's Sunday edition (Forum) that should make every woman (especially of catholic faith) cringe and want to spit up…
Yes, Cardinal Burke, women are terrifying
A recently demoted prelate speaks for the frightened men of the Catholic church
January 18, 2015 12:00 AM
By Alexandra Petri
Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke, the highest-ranking American at the Vatican until Pope Francis knocked him down a bunch of pegs, is right.
Women are terrifying. They come into churches and bring cooties with them, and there is no ritual for casting out cooties. Demons, yes. Cooties, no. They come into boardrooms and take seats. They serve the altar — and they are good at it.
These are all alarming facts to consider.
His comments on the Catholic Church’s man crisis have been attracting attention lately, from men’s rights advocates as well as others, and I think it’s worth pointing out exactly what is wrong with them. (Other than the fact that they came in an interview in “The Emangelization.” If you are trying to use bad puns to keep women down, your movement is already off to a lousy start.)
He notes near the beginning of the interview that “the radical feminism which has assaulted the church and society since the 1960s has left men very marginalized.”
Women are terrifying. They come into churches and bring cooties with them, and there is no ritual for casting out cooties. Demons, yes. Cooties, no. They come into boardrooms and take seats. They serve the altar — and they are good at it.
These are all alarming facts to consider.
His comments on the Catholic Church’s man crisis have been attracting attention lately, from men’s rights advocates as well as others, and I think it’s worth pointing out exactly what is wrong with them. (Other than the fact that they came in an interview in “The Emangelization.” If you are trying to use bad puns to keep women down, your movement is already off to a lousy start.)
He notes near the beginning of the interview that “the radical feminism which has assaulted the church and society since the 1960s has left men very marginalized.”
Link: http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2015/01/18/Yes-Cardinal-Raymond-Leo-Burke-speaks-for-the-men-of-the-Catholic-church-who-are-frightened-by-women/stories/201501180071
5 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
= new reply since forum marked as read
I like coots.
