text: It strikes me as many converts don't understand the nuances associated with Catholicism.  They come to the Church understanding the "rules" and expecting everyone to embrace the "rules" and are confused about the difference between the Catechism and lived Catholicism.  I think that they don't get that the "rules" aren't always strictly enforced or that exceptions are made to the rules.  It seems to me that these sorts flee the looser Protestant communities because they want to be told what to do rather than do the hard work of conversion.
  
  They also bring ideas about politics and gender that are Protestant in their ethos.  The MAGA worship and unholy Catholic-Evangelical alliance that Spadaro condemned is fostered by these converts who don't understand the deep Catholic commitment to social justice.  And while the Catholic ideas on gender are awful, Protestant converts have brought ideas like "headship" and women being submissive housewives that are not Catholic teachings.