Local Paper Publishes Racist, Homophobic Letter After Lesbian Teacher's Dismissal in West Virginia

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[redstar826]

You know even them Catholics, they are wrong as baby eaters

wait, wat? I've heard some stupid shit said about Catholics over the years but 'baby eaters' is a new one.

[akisawana]

That's probably referring to Jewish people.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel

Even if the letter is trolling, what is wrong with people that they printed it?

[aviv_b]

Yep. I think the caller is so stupid that they don't even who the real 'Christ-killing baby-eaters' are. (Excuse me, I have to go eat some more Matzo, its Passover after all).

[hinoema]

Mmmm, Matzo!

Whoever wrote this letter must be about 90. Some of those insults are definitely old school.

[wrestlingdog]

I wanna say that that's a reference to Catholicism and transubstantiation, but even in that case I'm not sure what babies have to do with anything.

[rhysande]

I assumed that was a reference to Swift's A Modest Proposal and his "solution" for the "Irish Catholic problem".

[ohmiya_sg]

Hahaha that would be great. If it's not a troll at all, maybe they thought it was a how-to manual.

[qable]

Maybe it's a "Catholics eat the baby Jesus at communion" thing?