My “View”
Bill Donohue posted a news release documenting another Catholic Bashing on “The View” yesterday. I actually saw the show and heard what was said, and Mr. Donohue recounts it accurately.
It was in regard to a news report concerning a woman who was dismissed from a position as choir director because she wouldn’t give up her job selling sex toys. Being non-Catholic and irreligious, the ladies on The View misunderstood the actions of the priest. They felt nothing was wrong with the woman’s side job, etc. They said some pretty dumb stuff. They don’t “get” the Catholic Church, and they don’t “like” the Church.
It became an occasion for them to get their digs in about the Catholic Church. It is no secret Whoopie Goldberg does not like the Catholic Church - she hates the ban on contraception and abortion thing, as well as the condom ban stuff. Joy Behar is like many people our age, raised Catholic, living with someone, she rails against the Church’s disciplines. She doesn’t accept the teachings of the Church, stopped going to Church years agao, and pretty much has some anger issues stemming from her Italian-Catholic experience.
Rosie was considered the key bigot on staff, Donohue more or less says it has been orchestrated by Barbara Walters all along. Not really. Most women in media disagree with what the Church teaches and considers the Church the enemy of women. It is just how it is. Donohue said:
“It has only been a matter of days since ‘The View’s’ leading bigot, Rosie O’Donnell, left the show. Yet the assault goes on. The co-hosts will use any excuse to rip into the Church, even if they have to play fast and loose with the facts to do so. Thus we see that the true culprit isn’t Rosie, it is co-owner and co-producer Barbara Walters. She’s the captain of this anti-Catholic ship.” - Bill Donhue
Truth is, they bash everyone they don’t like, the President, the war, Guilianni, and so on. They are women and they have an agenda and the show is called “The View” - what are you going to do?
June 1st, 2007 at 11:06 am
ABC is not the only network that fosters this anti-Catholic agenda. HBO and Time-Warner also take great liberty in attacking Catholics. Read my latest post on this subject titled HBO and Time-Warner Attack Christianity. I think if you were to look, you would find this a common trend on all of the networks.
You will not hear of any media bringing any of these attacks to the public’s attention as they did with Don Imus. For the mainstream media, Christians are the only religious group in America against whom such bigotry is allowed.
June 1st, 2007 at 11:08 am
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but you’d think that they’d at least try to be fair and accurate. Especially considering the huge public platform. It’s ridiculous.
June 1st, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion…
We are entitled to our own opinions, as long as they coincide with the ones they espouse. If not, you are a radical of some ilk or another (ie: religious, political, moral, etc.)
June 1st, 2007 at 12:52 pm
Br. Michael Anthony, you bring up a good point. Jews and Muslims are not attacked, but Catholic Christians seem to be fair game. We live in a post-Christian, secularized, neo-pagan society - they hate the Church and what it stands for. If the Church speaks out against same sex unions - it is considered hate speech.
The Church is a sign of contradiction in the world, the world hates us…they say it on television, the radio, the movies, the print media - everywhere.
I hear the same stuff from people in my family and others I know. People hate Christ, the Church, and Christians. I don’t think we should be surprised, perhaps we will become better Christians for it.
There is still free speech in this country - these ladies of The View can pretty much say what they want, and do. I’m not saying Catholics should not seek to end the bigotry, but the way secular culture is going, it doesn’t seem like it will end. In fact, the divide is becoming more pronounced.
At Confirmation we were slapped to indicate that we should expect persecution. I think we need to toughen up. Defend the truth yes, correct their misunderstanding when possible, and witness to the truth with how we live our lives.
We can’t stop people from expressing their opinions, these women weren’t calling Catholics derogatory names or fabricating lies that I heard - albeit they misunderstood the situation and interpreted it according to what they believe about the Church. I read Catholics saying much worse about liberal Ctholics, or public sinners and homosexuals, and Muslims and Jews on their blogs - should they be silenced and censored?
I think we have to choose our battles and not whine about every little thing someone says.
And as Christians, we ought to rejoice in the persecution, while defending the faith.
June 1st, 2007 at 1:58 pm
People have short memories. There was only a brief period of about thirty years, say the 50’s to the 70’s, when Catholics weren’t fair game. The US has always been a virulently anti-Catholic country. I can’t understand why people are surprised.
June 3rd, 2007 at 6:49 am
How many people are they influencing?
They don’t seem to be overly concerned, do they?
http://catholicandenglish.blogspot.com/2007/05/few-are-saved .html
About how long is eternity, anyway?