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Another Example of Idiocy on the Left
Are the editors of The Atlantic holding a contest this month for the most ridiculous take of the year? If so, one Dan Panneton may win the prize. He has penned this instant literary classic: “How Extremist Gun Culture is Trying to Co-Opt the Rosary.” Apparently, praying to ward off evil is as scary to a Leftist as is an AR-15. The lengths that idiots on the Left go to demonize us Catholics is mind-boggling. Satan is working overtime.
"Militia culture, a fetishism of Western civilization, and masculinist anxieties have become mainstays of the far right in the U.S.—and rad-trad Catholics have now taken up residence in this company," @DBPanneton writes: https://t.co/3KRl4C3adE
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) August 14, 2022
If you’re interested in reading more on how stupid this article is, my friend OneMadMom does a beautiful job of tearing it apart.
One Mad Dad is designing the "Rosary Holster" as we speak. He's exhibiting that male strength that triggers Daniel Panneton. https://t.co/UGa5nabjab
— One Mad Mom Blog 💎 (@OneMadMomBlog) August 15, 2022
In any event, take the time to pray the Rosary on this Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary. Happy Feast day.
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Use your Battle Beads to fight Satan!!
Wait until The Atlantic discovers the prayer to St. Michael the Archangel. (Hat tip to @davecarter)
I think it is time that we start defining leftist symbols as hate symbols, starting with the rainbow, pajama bottoms and Starbucks coffee cups.
Scott, I’m so sorry to see this kind of desecration attached irresponsibly to holy objects. It isn’t part of my tradition, but I can certainly identify with the ugliness they’re pursuing.
At least there is a lot of great content on Twitter about the idiocy of the article. One great example:
Prayed the Glorious Mysteries in front of the Blessed Sacrament early this a.m. Didn’t know I was praying for Mr. Panneton at the time, but that’s often the way of prayer, isn’t it? You send it up and God does what He wills with it.
Mr. Panneton and I agree on one thing. The Rosary is a weapon of sorts. Even little old ladies can employ it to good effect.
This is my scary combat Rosary that is referenced in the article. Praying the Rosary always brings me a feeling of peace. I presume my prayers today were extra frightening because I prayed in Latin (I’m a rigid traditionalist)
I read that some in the hierarchy are upset that that prayer is said after mass in some churches. I guess they think it is too retro.
Prayer is a weapon the Left should fear if they continue down their path but . . . this is nonsense.
https://youtu.be/z1P_tnuVMFI&t=2m21s
Yes. It is one thing to pray and it is another to engage in agitprop. And using the rosary beads in some of the memes described in the article does seem to get close to sacriledge. That doesn’t stop the Atlantic writer from being an airhead who pushes the “white supremacists are the real threat to the Republic” line while ignoring, say, the weaponising of the IRS, FBI, CIA….
Hmmm. Can’t say that I’ve heard of any of that. In my own parish, we say it after the end of the Rosary.
Love it!!!
Someone on Fox this morning said that the article is little more than clickbait. I suppose there’s some truth to that but it should illustrate to people just how intellectually bankrupt the Left is. There’s little more for them to do or say except to resort to silly denigration such as this.
Of a piece, I suppose, with those signs you see pro-aborts carrying sometimes, “Keep Your Rosaries off My Ovaries”. But I like the idea of the Left recognizing the power of the Rosary as a weapon!
The important is can a priest bless a gun and give it divine powers against demons?
No.
But…humoring you here…he could bless the bullets with holy water and then they’d totes be effective against vampires and all sorts of creatures of the night.
Our Lady of Victory. The Virgin of Lepanto. Armed and armored, she is regarded by the faithful as responsible for the Holy League’s unlikely victory over a superior Ottoman fleet at Lepanto. Prior to and during the engagement, Pope Pius V implored all of Christendom to pray the rosary. Prayer works!
I’m guessing the memes may not be characterized as accurately as all that.
Plus, he’s missing a huge point of pop-culture influence: The Boondock Saints.
Then there’s Baz Luhrman’s Romeo and Juliet:
This guy is a nutjob. These films are over 20 years old and demonstrate iconography on weapons and in the films in a very, very big way. Hell, Boondock Saints is about holy retribution. The author of this hit-piece doesn’t know what he’s talking about, doesn’t care to do real research, and has founded the entire article on “guns are bad, Catholics are bad, Catholics with guns/spiritual weapons are right out!”
And here’s another rebuttal that I found agrees with my own sentiments:
https://www.catholicarena.com/latest/rosarytheatlantic150822
Coming next month: How Extremist Rosary-Sayers are Trying to Co-opt Gun Culture!
Makes the same amount of sense.
Good Heavens! We can only hope that the Atlantic doesn’t run across this. Violent nationalists with guns. And we can be almost certain that they carry the dreaded rosary in a pocket of their fatigues.
https://www.doctrinalhomilyoutlines.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Iwo-Jima-A-Roman-Catholic-chaplain-distributes-Holy-Communion-to-5th-Marine-Div.jpg
David French and Tom Nichols both write for the Atlantic.
The Combat Rosary revival was started in earnest by Fr. Richard Heilman. If Panneton had read this, well, his head might explode.
Real Men pray the Rosary.
I imagine a priest could bless a gun for the right, well-defined reason. But I really don’t know. A priest cannot give it divine powers of any sort.
The good news is that we have a Patron Saint for handguns, St. Gabriel Possenti.
https://taylormarshall.com/2014/02/patron-saint-of-handguns-meet-st-gabriel-possenti.html
One fun fact about my Combat Rosary: it is based on the original pull chain rosary that was commissioned and procured by the US government and issued by the military upon request to soldiers serving in WWI.
The Swiss Guard have a special combat rosary?? Wow – this is interesting – you would be someone I would want in my fox hole!
“Concealed Carry License” Bwhahahaa!
FWIW David French is not a Catholic; to the best of my knowledge he’s an Evangelical of some flavor (don’t know which one). As such, I doubt he has anything to do with a Rosary (or prayer rope, used in the Orthodox Church) and possibly thinks prayers to the Saints are idolatry/blasphemous.
Yes – French is not Catholic. So I don’t see the significance of him writing for the Atlantic.
Doug Ernst, creator of Soulfinder, teamed up with Rugged Rosaries to create a Soulfinder-themed rosary and has been selling them on Iconic comics’ site. Rugged Rosaries has noted since the Atlantic’s story became news, their rosary sales have gone up dramatically.