Comments for Soft Despotism at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 5 out of 5 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sun, 19 May 2013 15:51:10 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/soft-despotism.html#comment-2462 I agree with Kathleen O'Hagan. I am 61 and live in the liberal state of Washington. I have just deleted my Facebook account because I was derided, insulted, chastised, and belittled because of my statements about abortion, 'death in dignity', etc. I am passionately pro-life from conception to natural death. I appreciate TCT for well-written, insightful articles. Like Kathleen, they remind me I don't have to be assigned to the Twilight Zone but rather to the safe space of Christ's love. - Becky Sun, 02 Aug 2009 21:07:44 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/soft-despotism.html#comment-2460 Dear Kathleen, Thanks for your comment and your gentleness, reminding all of us we are not alone. Your few words are worth many, many columns and any number of opinions. JRW - J Wood Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:53:52 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/soft-despotism.html#comment-2459 Thank you for these daily columns. I look forward to their wisdom every day. I am a 38-year-old Catholic and married mother of three living in a suburb of NYC. I often feel as if I were in a Twilight Zone episode where the rest of the world has gone crazy but I am considered the crazy one for seeking Truth. Thank you for reminding me that I am not alone. - Kathleen O'Hagan Fri, 31 Jul 2009 22:05:52 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/soft-despotism.html#comment-2457 This is a good piece; a wake up call for all those who still believe in liberty. That great historian Christopher Dawson whom not too many students of history read these days, was of the mindset that a country that lost its spirituality lost also its culture. It seems that Europe is on its way and the present regime in DC would have us follow. Is the State soon to become the arbiter of social justice for the common good rather than for virtue and truth? Will a duped populace forget our Founders? - Willie Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:04:24 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2009/soft-despotism.html#comment-2452 Infantilization is more insidious (& eerily accepted) than "hard despotism". This website (& First Things) offers a way out of the catacombs for Christians... Thank you for that... - TJW Fri, 31 Jul 2009 07:28:45 +0100