https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2021/12/06/holocaust-talk-offends/ The New Zealand National Catholic Newspaper Thu, 09 Dec 2021 01:15:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/2021/12/06/holocaust-talk-offends/#comment-77059 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 01:15:40 +0000 https://nzcatholic.org.nz/?p=24470#comment-77059 It’s been said that “disgust” rather that “dislike” is the major signal of fatal prejudice. What emotion do we feel against the unvaccinated?
Obviously, using the H-word is simplistic but that’s the age we live in – clickbait, 140 characters, tik tok, instagram, outrage, extremification, generalization, bandwagoning, scapegoating, virtue signaling, doxing, soundbites, selectively cropped photos, cancellation, and an overall lack of charity.
What did we see at 2nd Sunday Advent Mass? I saw divisive chaos at the doors; fear, dislike, disgust. A lot of “difficulty reaching out to the periphery” during these “difficult covid times”.
Soon we’ll be celebrating Christmas but we’re looking more like inn-keepers than wise men.

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