It's not....?

I read somewhere that the main tactic in attacking JFK's Catholicism was to say that he'd be the Pope's lackey. They were worried that he'd follow the Pope's orders and not do what's best for Americans. It's kind of funny to think that was a tactic now when the same opposition party managed to vote in a transparent Russian asset.

The protestant reformation led to serious conflicts between protestants and Catholics.

So by the founding of the united states there was distrust and conflict between Protestant europe like the English, Dutch, Swiss, and some germans, and catholic Europe like the French, Italians, Spanish, and other Germans. This spilled over into the English colonies where the Quebecois and Marylanders were the only largely catholic demographics, and the Quebecois were subjected to politics. Catholics were seen as loyal to the pope over the crown or republic whichever you were under.

Then you get new American religious movements and early American nationalism. This morphed theological arguments over things like the role of Tradition and religious institutions into accusations of foreigners seduced by the devil in their black mass loyal only to the pope.

From what I know the Protestant vs Catholic hate was intense. https://youtu.be/2EQCpQbUrzI

I can't find it on his page so I either missed it, he deleted it, or it's fake.

I know this is a meme community but fake tweets should really be marked as such. It can be funny without leading people on

No, he didn't really admit to being an 830 year old vampire.

No, almost certainly not. Vampires are not actually real, as much as he behaves like one, and I doubt he has the capacity to make a self-aware joke like this. The image is also stamped with "r/totallyrealtweets" in the bottom right.

If r/totallyrealtweets is to be believed....

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Exclusion_Act

I guess this was about those Chinese Catholics then.

hey. we hate orthodox christians, too. and jews. basically anyone who's not a white anglosaxon protestant male

Maybe a hundred years ago...... Now it's just about skin color. American Catholics pretending like they're still a stigmatized minority is kinda ridiculous considering the vast majority of the Supreme Court is now Catholic.