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Entry: Gag Order Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/gag_order#29945 Post contents: Hate speech codes are selectively applied to further a particular agenda. Take Daniel Goldhagen's besmirching the Holy See, calling him "Hitler's Pope." Any casual reading of World War Two histories reveals constant complaints of the Nazi hierarchy about the Church's resistance to Nazi pressure. "Ah," the detractors bray, "but the Pope signed the Concordat with the Nazis! Gotcha!" What was this Concordat? The Church negotiated dozens of Concordats with sovereign states on issues of taxation, property, recognition of parochial education, the status of the clergy. The Concordat with Germany had been under negotiation for years with the Weimar Government when the new German Chancellor took power. And what of the Pope's attitude toward the Chosen? He hid so many from deportation that the Rabbi of Rome converted to Catholicism and named his son Pius. Does Goldhagen know any of this? How can't he if he immersed himself for years in the entrails of the war? His work is not unique in fostering true hatred toward a Church that doesn't fight back. And yet this selective hatred is there for all to see, but none dare call it that. It's safer to pile on and remain Politically Correct. Sent at: 2008 12 01