Sadly, in some ways, I'm not surprised. Discrimination is still present, though not usually so blatantly published. It's more an "undercurrent".
It's certainly not in the league of RaceFail or even what my mother experienced growing up, but it's still alive and present. I don't talk about my faith any more than any other part of my "real life" in this fandom arena. But I don't keep it secret that I'm Catholic.
There are also the many little slights, from Protestants who think we Catholics (yes, I'm a practicing Catholic) are damned to hell to more secular friends and colleagues who think we're misguided, ignorant, and sometimes worse.
I've dealt with it myself (because Catholics aren't *really* Christian, don't you know) and comforted friends who've felt ostracized from it through misconceptions and arguments and just plain ignorant prejudice.
What's scary isn't the wtf of the junk that's being spewed. What's scary is that some people will believe it. That is truly sad.
BTW, talking about Small Child, I went to orthodox Jewish preschool. My mom always joked that when the Catholics wouldn't have me, the Jews took me in.
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Date: 2009-02-13 01:18 am (UTC)It's certainly not in the league of RaceFail or even what my mother experienced growing up, but it's still alive and present. I don't talk about my faith any more than any other part of my "real life" in this fandom arena. But I don't keep it secret that I'm Catholic.
There are also the many little slights, from Protestants who think we Catholics (yes, I'm a practicing Catholic) are damned to hell to more secular friends and colleagues who think we're misguided, ignorant, and sometimes worse.
I've dealt with it myself (because Catholics aren't *really* Christian, don't you know) and comforted friends who've felt ostracized from it through misconceptions and arguments and just plain ignorant prejudice.
What's scary isn't the wtf of the junk that's being spewed. What's scary is that some people will believe it. That is truly sad.
BTW, talking about Small Child, I went to orthodox Jewish preschool. My mom always joked that when the Catholics wouldn't have me, the Jews took me in.