I've waited to talk about this issue because I wanted it to cool down a bit. A teacher in Utah apparently forced a Catholic child to remove the ashes on his forehead during Ash Wednesday. I get no pleasure saying this, but no one can play the victim card better than a religious person who thinks they've been persecuted for something. Yes, the teacher was wrong, but no, it wasn't anti-Catholic. It was simply her being ignorant of another persons religious belief. Hate to break it to you, but you are also probably ignorant of the practices of other religions too.
If the teacher was a Catholic and said the same kind of thing to an LDS girl reading the Book of Mormon during a study hall and LDS flipped out over it, I'd feel the sam way. I'd tell the people overreacting to chill. Sadly, some religious people love playing the victim. They love pretending that the media/the population/everyone picks on them and persecutes them. It's obnoxious and a hypocritical-because often times they'll be quick to dismiss the victimhood claims of everyone else. This is, tragically, one of those times.
No comments:
Post a Comment