We’ve seen people on the left have a lot of extreme takes on the left to demonize those who think differently or who may not act in line with the liberal narrative.
It’s even involved the FBI — with them demonizing patriotic American symbols like the Gadsden flag or the Betsy Ross flag as “extremist.”
These takes can be found at one venue: Atlantic.
But they went over the edge with their latest effort — claiming that the rosary has become an “extremist symbol.” The article depicts the rosary using bullet holes and erroneously refers to it as a “sacrament.”
ah yea that famous Catholic “sacrament”, the rosary. pic.twitter.com/37mO7pgDg6
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 14, 2022
BTW: The article includes this GIF repeated from gunshots of some strange rosary/chaplet-type thing. pic.twitter.com/t53MkVH00H
— Jerry Dunleavy (@JerryDunleavy) August 15, 2022
First, let’s start with the fact that if you don’t even know what the sacraments are, don’t pretend like you’re conveying anything that is at all accurate. There are seven sacraments in the Catholic Church — the rosary is not one of them.
But then let’s go to the heart of the attack of the rosary. Atlantic is the same outlet that plays down the attacks on pro-life centers (many of them Catholic) calling firebombing “vandalism” and attacking the right into the bargain.
The Atlantic is what the heck? They’re calling a literal terrorist group a “bogeyman” just because people on the right have the temerity to not want to be firebombed? pic.twitter.com/YXIZE7yaOc
— Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) August 12, 2022
Notice how the radical pro-abortion extremists aren’t termed as “extremist” in that headline, the Right is just creating a “bogeyman.” But somehow the rosary is “extremist” to Atlantic.
Let’s talk about the anti-Catholic bigotry that seems to be rampant. The suggestion that the Rosary could be a sign of hatred is absurd. Demonizing such an important part of the Catholic faith because some random people might post pictures of it with guns is like demonizing breathing because some people you don’t like do it.
Let’s forget about the inept subheadline. The article’s main point is that Catholic extremists have posted photos featuring Rosary beads.
Is it possible that The Atlantic has ever argued that mainstream Islamic elements are now extremist symbols because radical jihadists use these? https://t.co/C8bBLEj2qW
— AG (@AGHamilton29) August 15, 2022
MaybeAtlantic is talking about extremists and the rosary, they’re talking about Joe Biden? Beau Biden, his son, wore a rosary on his wrist. Biden seemed not to have a true understanding of the meaning of the rosary — for prayer to become closer to God from one of the comments he’s made in the past. “The next Republican that tells me I’m not religious,” he reportedly told a crowd in 2005, “I’m going to shove my rosary beads down their throat.”
Understandably, they received a lot of criticism from the public. They then changed their headline to make it look like they didn’t mean what they said, almost as though they were defending the rosary.
— Dr. Nickarama (@nickaramaOG) August 15, 2022
We appreciate your efforts, men, but it was clear what you were trying to convey.
This is the one truth that the writer has right. The rosary is a weapon, but it’s a prayer weapon in the war against evil. You can use the prayer of rosary to strengthen your faith, your belief, and your relationship with God. Only those on the other side should be concerned.