Me too.
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Yup.
I understand the defensiveness of some Catholics. They have a decent point about the whole “Black Legend” bit about the Spanish Inquisition, Spanish conquests and massacres, etc. It indeed exaggerates the wickedness of Spain and by extension Catholics in general as compared Protestant countries.
However. Protestant “persecution” of Catholics in England and other Protestant countries consisted largely of civil disabilities. Powerful Catholic nobles frequented the English court throughout this period, while there were no Protestant nobles, or open Protestants at all, in Spain. They would be arrested and quite possibly burned alive.
Catholic persecution of Protestants was exponentially more harsh and widespread, and lasted much longer.
Sorry if that offends our Catholic brethren, but facts are facts.