• Nath@aussie.zoneEnglish
      42·
      1 year ago

      Do you have a source from someone who isn’t trying to sell me a book? I mean, she was world famous. She met millions of people and pretty much all of them say she was an amazing person.

      I remember people were mad that she didn’t make the effort to go to Princess Diana’s funeral (they met several times and were friends) only for it to turn out that Mother Teresa died around the same day.

      I never met mother Teresa, so I don’t have a first hand opinion. But, “she was a jerk, according to my book - you should buy it” isn’t a winning argument.

        • Nath@aussie.zoneEnglish
          32·
          1 year ago

          Ok, I’ve done that. Let’s see if I miss anything:

          1. It says three academics didn’t like how she didn’t build hospitals. Instead building large places where more people could be cared for as they died. I can see both arguments there: help fewer people better and maybe cure more vs. provide a safe place where more people can be brought off the streets in dignity. 1980’s Kolkata is a wild place. I think this is better placed as a disagreement than proof she was a bad person. How the hell (heh) is a nun going to build/operate a hospital anyway?
          2. Chris again. ‘Buy my book! It’s great!’
          3. Some other guy on the poor house vs hospital argument, only this time more on her side.
          4. Some priest in Ireland says she was picked up pieces of broken society but she got a Nobel Prize. I don’t really see what the point there is. Is this a criticism?
          5. She defended a priest who was later convicted of molesting kids. Not great optics, true. Hardly proof she’s evil, though.
          6. Some abortion rights groups didn’t like that she held to the Catholic Church’s view on abortion. I mean… she was a nun. What did they expect?

          I can’t believe I wrote all that. I’ve gone from being ‘eh’ on this argument to starting to think it’s similar to that dude who set out to show up Mr. Rogers as being undeserving of his reputation.

          • FooBarrington@lemmy.worldEnglish
            32·
            1 year ago

            Your first point is already a misrepresentation of the criticisms. If you don’t go in with an open mind, of course you will come out with your previous opinion.