STEVE AN OP-ED IN THE ATLANTIC
STIRRING OUTRAGE AS IT ARGUES
THE CATHOLIC ROSERY, THE ROSERY,
IS NOW A SYMBOL OF EXTREMISM.
THE ARTICLE INCLUDES THIS
ANIMATED ROSERY SHAPED BY BULLET
HOLES ARGUING TODAY’S CATHOLICS
ARE PART OF A, QUOTE, GROWING
CONTINGENT OF CHRISTIAN
NATIONALISM RACHEL CAMPOS-DUFFY
HAS A ROSARY OR TWO IN HER DESK.
MY MOM DID.
ARE THEY TRYING TO CANCEL THE
ROSARY.
>> WHO KNEW YOU AND I WERE WHITE
WING EXTREMIST FORS FOR HAVING A
ROSARY.
SEEMS FUNNY BUT IT’S NOT.
THE FIRST THING THEY TRY TO DO
IS DEGREE LEGITIMIZE AND BAN
RELIGION.
EXISTENTIAL THREAT AGAINST THE
STATE.
THAT’S WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.
I THINK WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO
DO AND WE ARE SEEING MORE
ARTICLES LIKE THIS.
SEEING COMICAL BUT MORE AND MORE
ARTICLES TRYING TO ASSOCIATE
PEOPLE WHO ARE FAITHFUL,
ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ADHERE TO,
YOU KNOW, MORE ORTHODOXY
TRADITIONAL INTERPRETATION TO
FAITH AS SOMEHOW BEING WHITE
RING STREAMIST, WHITE
NATIONALIST, FRINGE.
WE OUGHT TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF
THAT FIRST OF ALL IT, SHOWS A
DEEP IGNORANCE.
YOU ARE A CATHOLIC, I AM.
THIS IMAGERY OF THE SPIRITUAL
BATTLE WE ARE IN AS THE ROSARY
AND PRAYER AS A WEAPON IN THIS
SPIRITUAL BATTLE, AS SACK EXTRA
MENTALES THESE ARE THINGS WE
BELIEVE IN AND USE THAT IMAGERY
BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE ARE
FIGHTING SOMETHING VERY EVIL.
AND SO SHOWS IGNORANCE BUT ALSO
VERY INTERESTING THAT THEY ARE
TRYING TO ASSOCIATE IT WITH
VIOLENCE.
WHEN, IN FACT, IF YOU LOOK AT
THE AFTERMATH OF ROE V. WADE,
WHAT KIND OF, YOU KNOW, DEEP
PROJECTION THIS ARTICLE IS
INVOLVED IN.
IT WAS THE OTHER SIDE, THE
PRO-ABORTION SIDE THAT WAS, YOU
KNOW, ATTACKING CHURCHES,
DEFAMING CATHOLICS, GOING IN
FRONT OF CHURCHES AND DOING ALL
KINDS OF OBSCENE THINGS AND
ATTACKING RELIGION.
AND IT WAS CATHOLICS AND OTHER
CHRISTIANS WHO WERE JUST PRAYING
FOR AN END TO ABORTION AND SO
THIS IS THE KIND OF STUFF WE ARE
GOING TO SEE.
WE REALLY AUDITED TO FIGHT BACK.
WE SHOULDN’T JUST LAUGH AT THE
SILLINESS OF THIS.
WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND IN THIS
COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD,
CHRISTIANITY AND FAITH IN
GENERAL IS UNDER ATTACK.
ALL OVER THE WORLD.
AND WE SHOULD BE VERY PROTECTIVE
OF OUR RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES AND
PUSH BACK AGAINST THIS KIND OF
BIGOTRY AGAINST CHRISTIANS.
>> Steve: THE WRITER, RACHEL,
TALKS ABOUT HOW THERE ARE A
NUMBER OF PEOPLE ONLINE THEY
MIGHT SHOW A GUN AND THERE IS A
ROSARY DRAPED OVER IT.
AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE HAD
ROSARIES IN THEIR POCKETS DURING
BATTLE THROUGH, YOU KNOW, BEFORE
THE FIRST WORLD WAR AND IT GOES
TO THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THE
EXPRESSION THERE IS NO SUCH
THING AS AN EIGHTIST IN A FOX
HOLE.
ATHEIST IN A FOX HOLE.
THE FINAL LINES OF THIS OP-ED
SAY THE BATTLE BEADS CULTURE, A
SPIRITUAL WARFARE, PERMITS
RADICAL TRADITIONAL CATHOLICS
LITERALLY TO DEMONIZE THEIR
POLITICAL OPPONENTS AND REGARD
THE USE OF ARMED FORCE AGAINST
THEM AS SANCTIFIED.
THE SACK EXTRA MENTAL ROSARY
ISN’T JUST A SPIRITUAL WEAPON
BUT ONE THAT COMES WITH PHYSICAL
AMMUNITION.
I WILL GIVE YOU 30 SECONDS TO
FOR A FINAL PLUG HERE.
>> Rachel: UNBELIEVABLE.
THE MESSAGE IS, WE ARE GOING TO
GO AFTER YOU, WE ARE GOING TO
SAY YOU ARE AN EXTREMIST.
IF YOU TRY NOT JUST PRACTICE
YOUR RELIGION BUT ACTUALLY
PARTICIPATE POLITICALLY IN ORDER
TO PROTECT YOUR OWN RELIGIOUS
RIGHTS IN THIS COUNTRY, WHICH
HAVE BEEN UNDER ATTACK AND
CATHOLICS AND CHRISTIANS SAW
WHEN THE GOVERNMENT SHUT DOWN,
CHURCHES DURING THE PANDEMIC,
THEY WOKE UP.
AND THIS IS WHAT SECULARIST
PROGRESSIVES, AUTHORITARIANS ARE
NERVOUS OF AND MARXIST.
THAT’S WHAT THIS ARTICLE IS
TRYING TO DEMONIZE US.
SO WE GO INTO OUR FOX HOLES AND
NOT FIGHT THIS BATTLE.
>> Steve: EXACTLY.
RACHEL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR
JOINING US.
I KNOW THOSE KIDS ARE GOING TO
BE WAKING UP HERE IN ABOUT 15
MINUTES.
TIME TO FRY UP TWO POUNDS OF
BACON AND THREE DOZEN EGGS.
>> Rachel: MAYBE I WILL JUST
HAVE THEM PRAY THE ROSARY.
>> Steve: GREAT WAY TO START.
>> Rachel: FAMILY THAT PRAYS