As if there weren’t enough evidence we were failing our kids with our education system, and now this shocking public display of ignorance!
The OC Register reports:
Police were called Tuesday morning to investigate a report that “Kill THE CATHLICS!” was spray-painted on a wall near the entrance of St. Boniface Catholic Church.
About 7:15 a.m., police were sent to the church at 120 N. Janss St. regarding the incident on the west side of the church, police said.
Parishioners attending mass this morning at Saint Boniface Catholic Church experienced a hateful message spray painted on the church’s west wall. The graffiti read, “Kill THE CATHLICS!”
Oh my, kids today can’t even spread hate without embarrassing themselves. It’s a shame really. I blame the Republicans for not pouring more money into the system.
Now it could be that this was some kind of self referential art mocking hatred of “Cathlics” and it’s a brilliant satire of anti-Catholicism in that it cleverly reveals the trusim that many people don’t hate the Catholic Church but hate what they mistakenly believe about the Church. So by spelling “Cathlic” wrong the artist here is simply showing that hatred of “Cathlics” is based in ignorance of what “Catholicism” really is.
If this is true, this thug isn’t in need of jail time, but an artist in need of funding.
But probably not.
HT Pewsitter
January 12, 2011 at 7:13 pm
Everybody knows it's spelled. CAT-LICKS.
January 12, 2011 at 8:46 pm
And C-I-L-L according to the great Mr. Tyrone Green.
January 12, 2011 at 8:47 pm
You blame an entity you call the education system — and there is no system, only conflicting federal, state, and local entities – for anti-Catholicism? Will you next blame Sarah Palin? After all, she attended public schools.
Of your logic remember that Stalin, Hitler, and Musso were products of religious schools and dysfunctional families. Were their schools to blame for mass-murder? Time to blame the perps, not those who tried to do something with them.
– Mack
January 12, 2011 at 8:51 pm
Please take this comment in the friendly tone with which it is intended. đŸ™‚
When writing articles condemning the spelling flaws of others, said articles should not include misspellings of their own… "truism," not "trusim"
January 12, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Writing a blog as opposed to publicly plastering your message on the wall of the building used by your target audience isn't necessarily held to the same standards. The blog message came across as intended. When you are dealing with three words and you want to be taken seriously you might want to make sure you are up on your spelling.
January 12, 2011 at 11:37 pm
I call on all liberals to defend themselves as this is clearly a result of their anti-religious rhetoric. Oh wait, I forgot that making wild accusations without any evidence only works when you blame conservatives.
January 13, 2011 at 12:10 am
That was like the vandals who hit Holy Hill on 6/6/06…they spelled "Satan" as "Satin"…
If it weren't so vile, I'd laugh.
January 13, 2011 at 3:14 pm
Satin worshippers are fashionistas like Hilfiger.