My Sweet Lord

Malkin responds to criticism:

The other day I criticized Catholic church leaders for their long-standing, radical, open-borders policies.

Some are now calling me “anti-Catholic” and likening me to left-wing Christian-hater Bill Maher.

Oh, for heaven’s sake.

I was raised Catholic. I benefited immensely from my Catholic high school education. I have deep respect for many Catholic leaders and intellectual leading lights. I continue to be inspired by Catholic pro-life activists.

But yes, I oppose the US Conference of Bishops’ unrelenting push for illegal alien amnesty and the Vatican’s subsidizing of illegal alien shelters for southern border-crossers, and the continued vocal opposition from Catholic officials to overdue immigration enforcement measures.

She's a witch! Burn her!

No. We'll just go to the source of her irritation instead. That would be Amy at Modern Commentaries:

No wonder Mark Shea calls Republicans "The Stupid Party". These fanatical, hate-filled, anti-Catholic comments that bashes the Pope and misconstrues Catholic teaching pretty much sums it up. I expected something like that from an Ann Coulter. But Michelle Malkin? Who always seemed more reasonable and level-headed -

(Pause for comedic effect - let laughter die down - "But seriously folks...")

- that's a big, big disappointment. Apparently, this sort of thing happens quite often at her other site - HotAir - which I don't frequent. So I've removed her from the sidebar and I'm no longer commenting there, because it's pretty clear that if you're a Catholic and don't toe the Republican party, you're not welcome.

(Make sad face... audible weeping from audience... cry of "Say it ain't so" from peanut gallery)

But wait! There is a chance of reconciliation!

Michelle has linked to my blog, wherein she says I called her "anti-Catholic", which I don't believe I did. I meant to say (and amended above) that the comments were hate-filled and anti-Catholic. They were. Apologies, Michelle, for that error. I do, however, hold Michelle and anyone moderating her blog accountable for not reigning in the unfounded, untrue, and unjust attacks on the Pope and the Church (until over 250 comments later, when see-dubya, another MM.com poster, threatened to close the comments). Some likened Michelle to Bill Maher, and that's unjust. Some of the commenters sounded like him, especially those who repeatedly called him a Nazi, and I did call them on that. But Michelle and Maher are nothing alike. While nowhere near as vitriolic as the comments, Michelle's insinuation in her original that the Pope is advocating open borders to "fill the pews" is hurtful. She is an intelligent woman and should know better. What's even more ironic is that Protestantism is growing faster in Latin America and Mexico than Catholicism - so chances are a good percentage of the illegal immigrants crossing the border aren't even Catholic anymore. You cannot tell me that people repeatedly calling the Pope a Nazi, telling the Pope to STFU (look that up if you don't know what it means)

(consults Urban Dictionary....Oh!)

Say three Hail Marys and one Doug Flutie

(Go back to Urban Dictionary, look to find out why boyfriend called you "T rex tits" last Thursday at Applebys. Oh. )

[jumping ahead]

I distinctly remember being corrected by Michelle herself on a post concerning last summer's wild fires in California - some of which may have been set by an illegal immigrant, if memory serves. Michelle cautioned me against making unfounded claims (no doubt to protect her from legal action, which is totally understandable) when I made a poorly worded comment.

(Hell freezes over. God says "WTF!" and then it occurs to Him that He can't say "ZOMG!")

I still think Michelle should offer one of the many admirable, knowledgeable Catholic bloggers out there (see my sidebar) an opportunity to post and explain things, because that wasn't done. And, in the end, I am not going to turn my back on the the Faith I love (and believe to be true) to score political points. It isn't going to happen. Michelle, I'm very and truly sorry things have blown up so. I hope you understand where I'm coming from, and I hope things can work out. I do enjoy your blog and perhaps it's rash to say I'll never post there again. But, for now, I'm very hurt because I respect you as someone whose blog above the childish antics of things like the DailyKos, and I've been disappointed.

At which TBogg points out that Michelle employs Allahpundit who once wrote this:

Allah must go now. He is in a bad mood anyway from having judged a bunch of Christians this morning, which is always one of the most annoying and tedious parts of his job. Every time they come before Allah and Allah introduces himself, they just kind of smile nervously and start looking around--as though someone is putting them on, like Jesus is hiding behind a curtain or something with Allen Funt. So Allah has to sit there and try to explain to them that yes, their beliefs were wrong, and yes, he knows how shocked they must be that a guy who could not stop himself from getting nailed to a fucking two-by-four is not actually the one true god. The stupidest part, though, is that when they ask Allah to prove that he is god and Allah does something really cool for them like extinguish the sun or turn himself into a giant frog or whatever he feels like doing that day, they still are not convinced until Allah finally breaks down and gives himself stigmata. Got that? Making the sun disappear: Just an illusion. A small cut in the palm of Allah's hand: ALLAHU AKBAR. Really, Christians, you need to start thinking outside the box. And while we are at it, what is going on with this, kufr? Allah recently heard about this and nearly coughed up a lung, so violent were his dry heaves. Do Catholics really believe they are eating Christ when they take the host? Allah knows that your priests have a taste for flesh--the younger the better, it seems--but this is ridiculous. And you have the gall to mock Muslims for believing that Satan lives in their nostrils at night? Allah will admit that we have our eccentric beliefs like any other faith, but at least cannibalism is not part of the core curriculum. Stop chewing on Jesus, you ghoulish fucks.

Hilarity ensues.