Word: feeney
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...late August, 1949, he was attracting close to 2,000 people to his talks. St. Benedict's was becoming a national symbol to groups of fanatic-Catholics who took Feeney as their martyr and repeated his line in their own communities. Letters poured into the Center supporting the clergyman. Some even offered suggestions for his attacks...
...Father Feeney needed no help. He had begun to preach a doctrine of hate that encompassed everyone who did not believe as he did. He organized a core of faithful that followed and protected and fought for him. He had gained no little power...
There are several skid row citizens around every Sunday to start the all rolling. Feeney has names for all of them: "Wallpaper Willie," Mustachioed Louie," "Frothing Joe," "Foamin' Roman," "Muggsy Malone," and "Benny Balloon." His group of devotees stand around him in a circle. The crowd, and the sight of this small, black-frocked, white-haired man standing above it, attracts others, and soon, there is a sizeable mob of people listening intently, whether they agree or not. Feeney is there every week, no matter the weather, and so is the crowd...
...annoyed man once yelled at Feeney,, "This is a Protestant country and don't you forget...
...Feeney usually punctures each attack with an "everyone knows that." His favorite description of hecklers are, "sexually degenerate, fairy, lewd, obscene, dirty, filthy, rotten, pawns, pimps, and frauds." He calls his supporters, both male and female, "dear...