Reply #46: Bigoted?

[Solon]

I grew up in the Church, from First Communion to Confirmation, now I follow a different path, but both my parents are Catholic, my sister is ambiguous. I have yet to hear a truly bigoted remark, even the one about the music was dead on accurate :). A truly bigoted remark would be saying: "All Catholics are a bunch of Mary Worshiping Anti-Christians, etc. etc. etc." Most statements to that effect are usually made by fundamentalists and other bigoted Protestants. To claim the criticisms here as bigotry is a misuse of the term, its like calling all of us, because of our disagreements against the Republican Party, bigots against Repubs, which is not the case. I have yet to hear about any generalization of all Catholics on this thread, only criticism of the Church Hierarchy, which I think is well deserved.

For example, my mother, the Good Catholic, HATES the POPE with a passion even I cannot imagine. She calls him the stupid old fart who won't die, something even I cannot imagine saying. Is she a Bigot?