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Thank goodness they were wrong! \u00a0After reading several posts, I put in my two cents<\/a> about the whole \u2018America is a racist genocidal nation, torture doesn\u2019t represent our values!\u2019 hilarity so common in our modern narrative. \u00a0In a show of sad demonstration, less than a half hour later a regular on CAEI posts that the statement I responded to was spot on. \u00a0The US is always and has always been the Great Evil. \u00a0Again, having sex with prostitutes while calling them whores. \u00a0Sometimes it staggers my imagination the number of Catholics who appear capable of living up to negative stereotypes or vindicating old prejudices. \u00a0I\u2019m sure it will continue. \u00a0And it will continue nowhere else more consistently than at CAEI, where such is not just tolerated, but increasingly encouraged. \u00a0By a conservative, patriotic Catholic no less.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"