To be fair, most religious leaders don't preach hate - but they can't normally speak out against it. Much like FOX News' excuse for spreading the stolen election lies, if they speak out against what their followers believe, they lose followers. Shit excuse, shit people.

[–] mossy_ 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Yeah the guy who made my sandwich at Subway didn't apologize for Jared Fogle being a pedophile so he's a shit person too /s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Did Subway fund Jared's legal defenses and shuffle him, still employed, from location to location to cover up rapes (without doing anything preventing him from finding new victims through their stores, of course)?

[–] mossy_ 5 points 10 months ago

My sandwich artist certainly didn't

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Subway's got a lot more problems than the unsavory personal life of its past spokesperson, but the sandwitch guy at the local one is just a wretch who doesn't get commissions (or, likely, tips) for his service. I'd take a look at John Oliver's main LWT segment on Subway Sandwiches.

However, the child sexual assault scandals and cover-ups of religious ministries is not unique to the Roman Catholic Church and but is epidemic among major ones, conspicuously centered around youth ministries.

And it's indicative of a system that doesn't sufficiently vet people who work with kids (contrast faculty of public schools) and aims more to silence victims and preserve the (now false) reputation of the church rather than preserve justice and transparency and care for the victims.

It speaks ill of organizations that allegedly carry God's favor that they feel compelled to keep secrets and allow sexual violence to fester within their own ranks.

[–] mossy_ 4 points 10 months ago

I know. When any post contains the word "catholic" pretty much half of the comments say exactly your point. The catholic church is a hierarchy, and it has god-awful middle management. But condemning an entire religion because of internal corruption is like condemning a minimum wage employee for the actions of their boss's boss's boss. The guy's just trying to make a sandwich.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

'/s' would be a lot more tolerable if it meant 'Subway'.

[–] mossy_ 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

there's a wide audience for posts on the internet, trying to make sure I communicate clearly for everyone 🥲

[–] captainlezbian 2 points 10 months ago

I appreciate sarcasm tags. There’s always a bigger idiot. Sometimes it’s me, but sometimes it’s someone unironically saying something cartoonish.