haunt. In the case of Katrina Pierson, spokeswoman for Donald Trump, social
media can bite back 5 years later. That is when she made her anti-Catholic
tweet: “Just saw a commercial from Catholic Church stating that Catholic
Church was started by Jesus. I bet they believe that too. #sad”
January 23, when suddenly there were over 200 replies to a tweet she had made
in 2011. Or maybe she doesn’t care since she’s known for making controversial,
abrasive remarks, sort of like….uh, what’s his name?
so they say, but perhaps they say it because there are some strange people
among us. Someone took the time to go through her 36k tweets, came across an
anti-Catholic one from 2011, and spread it on Facebook. Politics, no doubt. It resulted in over
200 replies from Catholics defending their faith. (Perhaps I seem strange for
counting them all, but occasional strangeness is a career hazard for
reporters.)
I had responded to the tweet forwarded to me by the Catholic Book Lady, did I
realize it was posted so long ago. What followed, however, was a show of
Catholic outrage, evangelization, and instruction. Some were probably like me,
not noticing the original posting date.
It’s likely many didn’t even know who she was, but all could not let an
ignorant anti-Catholic jab go.
anti-Catholic’s sneaked into the tweetfest, and there was a bit of name calling, (bigot a few times) but by and large, Catholics tweeted as a positive and unified
force. Katrina’s remark was incendiary and far-reaching so I appreciate how
well so many responded with 140 letters or less.
historian, I’d be glad to explain in detail why this is such a colossally
offensive and ignorant comment.”
it to you, but the record of history is pretty clear—The Catholic Church dates
back to Jesus & the apostles”.
it was. Your lack of Biblical and Historical knowledge when speaking of the 1st
Christian is what’s #sad”
tip: Catholic Church was the only
Christian church for 1500 years until the Reformation. Yes, still the
original.”
continue. Lots of Catholics still don’t get that you are the WASP Bigot ticket.
Help open their eyes.”
don’t know history, Catholicism was the only form of Christianity way b4 the
reformation.”
it’s true. It’s in the Bible.”