I think a good explanation for saying things like "just as totalizing and dogmatic" is that the question is getting substituted, in the regular sort of way.

That is, when we talk about how of course we should discourage people from being catholics, this sort of assumption that part of dymphna's identity is bad makes them feel attacked, and feel bad about the attack on their group. And because dymphna is a smart person, they use ideas like "just as totalizing and dogmatic" to communicate the badness they perceive.

And yes, I'm not being charitable at all.

TO HATERS: Oh? You think you'd do better than dymphna in a similar situation? Heck, I know I don't a lot of the time.