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S. Hayase @quicktide.bsky.social

It's a valid comparison. U.S. politics was dominated by WASPs - White Anglo Saxon Protestants -- and Catholics and Jews were reviled in WASP strongholds.

aug 11, 2025, 2:50 am • 1 0

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Beyond Misconceptions @beyondmisconceptio.bsky.social

Slight tweak though because they didn’t treat Catholics as criminals and violent murderous people

aug 12, 2025, 4:23 am • 1 0 • view
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S. Hayase @quicktide.bsky.social

I think that's true. They just looked down on them. "Papists."

aug 12, 2025, 4:33 am • 0 0 • view
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Beyond Misconceptions @beyondmisconceptio.bsky.social

It’s at least what I was told by my Polish catholic grandfather

aug 12, 2025, 4:33 am • 1 0 • view