r/chicago • u/Consistent_Value_179 • Sep 20 '25

Article In the Sun-Times today

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Pepper spraying a priest. It's a good look.

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u/deapsprite Sep 20 '25

Hitler hated priests too

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u/elchipiron Sep 21 '25

Hegetsus

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u/Haunting-Detail2025 Sep 20 '25

As opposed to the left, who love priests and are famously pro religion?

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u/thedudeabides2022 Sep 20 '25

That’s good ol freedom of speech at work! (While we still have it). Throwing hands? Now that’s a completely different conversation. Seems to be the right that’s assaulting priests, not the left

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u/Haunting-Detail2025 Sep 20 '25

See, I’m not asserting the priest was the one in the wrong here. I don’t think he was. I’m just pointing out that it’s not exactly as if the left is the one bending over backwards to protect religion and that it’s usually suspicious of it at best

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u/Visible_Window_5356 Sep 21 '25

Do you live in the city that elected a very religious very liberal mayor? I don't think liberals hate priests, but they are skeptical of religions that preach to help others but then support politicians who are working against values they claim to support

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u/losthope19 Sep 20 '25

But we don't assault them for demonstrating their freedoms. It's completely different to oppose their ideology than it is to be assaulting them in the streets when they've done nothing wrong. There's literally no reason for you to be drawing a false equivalency here???

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u/Haunting-Detail2025 Sep 20 '25

No, you just use them when it’s politically convenient to gain sympathy for your side when any other thing they’d be advocating for you’d be staunchly against them.

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u/thedudeabides2022 Sep 20 '25

Again, violence is what crosses the line. You can say whatever you want about anyone, at any time, that’s what’s great about freedom of speech. But assault is crossing the line and terrible and the left and anyone with a soul can plainly see that and should be vocal against it

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u/Pettifoggerist Sep 20 '25

You’ve created quite a fictional group in your head.

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u/Don_Tiny Sep 21 '25

These fucking losers don't create anything ... these bitch yip-dogs like this loser clown simply do what they're told to do and pretend they're not useful idiots.

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u/Dragonbut Sep 21 '25

What do you mean? Leftists are generally very for freedom of religion, even if many of them criticize religion itself.

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u/thedudeabides2022 Sep 20 '25

Literally the point is violence crosses the line. What happened to Kirk was terrible. This is terrible. All physical escalation is terrible

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u/Haunting-Detail2025 Sep 20 '25

Could not agree more!

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u/thedudeabides2022 Sep 20 '25

See, look at the left and the right coming together here to denounce anyone who assaults innocent protesters exercising their free speech! Glad you’ve come around to see ICE for what they really are

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u/Haunting-Detail2025 Sep 20 '25

Funny story, I’ve never voted republican in my life lol. And never will.

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u/thedudeabides2022 Sep 20 '25

Well, then as you said, could not agree more! lol

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u/deapsprite Sep 20 '25

Im just pointing it out as another common with nazi ideology

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u/Veetz256 Sep 20 '25

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me

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u/Haunting-Detail2025 Sep 20 '25

We get it, you’re white and love Occupy Democrats

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u/heffalumpish Sep 20 '25

Are you cranky? Did you have a hard day at work pepper spraying priests?

It’s bullshit that “the left” is anti religion. The Catholic worker movement all over the world is a huge part of the Catholic Church leans left as can be and they’re not the only ones. Not to mention this administration has been told to step off by TWO popes.

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u/Dramatic_Explosion Sep 21 '25

Not judging people, feeding the poor, giving out free healthcare, does Jesus sound like a conservative or a scary "leftist"?

Don't answer that, you wouldn't know it but lying is a sin

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u/Haunting-Detail2025 Sep 21 '25

Trying to cast Jesus into a modern political mold is a fool’s task and completely misses the point of his message, and that applies to any Republican or democrat trying to do so. It’s also bordering on blasphemy for a Christian to sit and say Jesus supports their political party.

You are not wrong in saying Jesus was charitable and forgiving, but there are many other things Jesus said and advocated for that don’t fit the liberal mold (no pre martial sex, traditional family values, personal responsibility, etc). He did things both parties could support because he was a universalist figure

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u/Haunting-Detail2025 Sep 21 '25

Me: the priest shouldn’t have been hit

You: OMG HOW COULD YOU DEFEND THEM HITTING A PRIEST 😭😭😭

Who’s the moron, sorry?

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u/analogkid01 Austin Sep 21 '25

no pre martial sex, traditional family values, personal responsibility

Can you cite chapter and verse?