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In reply to the discussion: Dorothy Day--'a saint for our times' [View all]bitterross
(4,066 posts)Perhaps the woman did good deeds. Perhaps she did a lot of good deeds. She still supported the RCC and all its regressive teachings and ideologies.
We sit here on DU every day and say that people who still support Trump and the GOP cannot truly be good people because they support such evil people. That even if they believed in Trump's message during the election there is ample evidence now that proves they were wrong.
The same standard should go for Ms. Day and anyone else. She supported an evil institution. A men's club that oppresses women and anyone different than them. With Trump we're two years into his reign. With the Roman Catholic Church we're well over a millennia and a half (I subtract the first 300-400 years before the Council of Nicaea). We know the history of the institution and how it has treated, and still treats, people.
Need I mention the RCC's handling of pedophile priests to make my point?
In case you're wondering, I think Mother Teresa was not really a good person either.