Catholics is trending. A depressing thread of hate

It’s 2022.

For those of you that don’t believe me, genuinely, it is.

Look, check your phone. I’m not kidding.

But the month of July always feels like a throw back to the 1690’s and when you open up Twitter and see ‘Catholics’ trending, an overwhelming sense of dread just hits.

And it’s not because Catholicism is synonymous with our club as we have people of all faiths that support our team.

It’s because you just know that Celtic in some way, shape or form are always dragged into this cess pit of sh*t.

I mean, what exactly are these ‘celebrations’ all about?

A war that was fought nearly 400 years ago that if you pointed out to the pavement stampers that their revered King Billy as in cahoots with the Pope they would probably choke on their flutes.

It’s completely moronic and narrow minded individuals that have hijacked what the war was really about (read it here) and twisted it into a Catholic v Protestant issue which has manifested into being a Celtic hating problem as well.

I mean my knowledge on it is limited because I am not a knuckle dragging moron and don’t believe is burning people because of their religion, but hey, that’s just me.

However, the outrage shown on social media is starting to show and people are getting fed up of this yearly racist fest:

Either @JamieBrysonCPNI @mooreholmes24 or any other loyalist rep wana explain the banners on this ‘cultural expression’ event because i and all of my fellow catholics have just had our lives threatened and told we are ‘targets’ with a gun scope on the banner????? @ChiefConPSNI pic.twitter.com/Wls8TbYmoT

— Stevo 1975 (@Stephen40825524) July 12, 2022

The Brits wouldn’t allow catholics to attend Mass to accommodate an orange walk. Mass was celebrated on the street 1997 pic.twitter.com/qETq1XKoiJ

— Ange’s jumper 🟢⚪🟢⚪ (@Pol76celtic) July 10, 2022

It’s obscene. A part of the UK, tonight, that the media ignore that hundreds of bonfires are been lit with effigies of Catholics on them. Instead of putting an end to this madness the state hoses down houses to prevent them accidentally being set on fire

pic.twitter.com/XRltJVeZQb

— Christopher McEleny (@ChrisMcEleny) July 11, 2022

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) say its a sectarian attack to set alight to any Loyalist Bonfire before they've had to chance to drape it in Irish Flags, effigies of the Pope, and holy statues sacred to the Roman Catholic faith. #2022 #CouldntMakeItUp pic.twitter.com/x67XiVC1N4

— Simon Coombes (@simon_comm) July 8, 2022

Blatant sectarianism, racism and demonisation of all things regarded as “Irish”. We see ‘KAT’ on banners, ‘Kill all Taigs’. Taig is a derogatory term used against catholics. These bonfires are built & funded under the guise of “culture”. These are hate crimes. pic.twitter.com/6zkP9P5lSy

— Connolly Youth Movement (@ConnollyYM) July 11, 2022

I take it that you don’t realise what “KAT” stands for?
Kill All Taigs
i.e. Kill All Catholics
A little bit more offensive to me (a taig) than a flag being burnt, even if it’s my preferred flag.

— eamon woolsey (@bikelovr750) July 12, 2022

This guy must be a sootsayer:

Taking bets… How much you want to bet “Catholics” is trending due to the same people who preach tolerance, acceptance and not targeting groups of people, having an issue with an entire group of people…

— Kevin McCash (@KevMcCash) July 12, 2022

And I’ll just leave this here. You genuinely can’t make it up:

Union flags and bunting have been torn down ahead of Twelfth celebrations at a field in Co Tyrone in what police are treating as a hate crime. https://t.co/m5O6gNa1xo

— The Irish News (@irish_news) July 12, 2022