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chapdrum

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24. When the mighty right

Thu Sep 24, 2015, 08:08 PM

Sep 2015

ignores the Pope's advice, then it's soon to follow that those responsible for damaging what remains of the natural world will be free to follow suit.

Pipe dream: The Pope publicly invites various CEO's to the Vatican or, better yet, requests that he be hosted at corporate HQ.
He has a chat with CEO(s), and then publicly reports the outcome.

Give the right credit for this much: When they don't like the message, they don't care whom they trash.

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Right Wing Media Lash Out At Pope Francis During U.S. Visit | Media Matters [View all] Fred Sanders Sep 2015 OP

Notice rightwing hack Bill Donohue and his one-man Catholic "League" are noticeably silent Adenoid_Hynkel Sep 2015 #1

I may be wrong left-of-center2012 Sep 2015 #2

No you are not wrong FreakinDJ Sep 2015 #3

Wrong. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #33

Plenty of far-right-wing Catholics (a la Mel Gibson and his father) out there. nomorenomore08 Sep 2015 #35

Mel Gibson and his father are not Roman Catholics. pnwmom Sep 2015 #42

Still a WASP vs Catholic Nation bucolic_frolic Sep 2015 #4

I Knew It! NonMetro Sep 2015 #5

Reality check: the Dalai Lama not only gave a long speech to Congress, pnwmom Sep 2015 #15

Perhaps That Shouldn't Have Been Done, Either? NonMetro Sep 2015 #25

If you had listened to what he has said on this visit, you would know that Catholic progressives pnwmom Sep 2015 #29

great rebuttal! nt uhnope Sep 2015 #26

What "trouble" has "this led to"? Although the trouble this will bring the GOP and their fascist Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #18

And You Know This Will Bring Trouble To the GOP? NonMetro Sep 2015 #27

He doesn't support the GOP. If that's why they invited him they got a lot more than they bargained for. pnwmom Sep 2015 #28

I Listened To His Entire Speech NonMetro Sep 2015 #45

Agree 100%. n/t ChazII Sep 2015 #47

The entire RW media and the GOP have vocalized their hatred of the Pope as a hoax? Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #31

"How do you know that?" TommyCelt Sep 2015 #41

Yeah, and I really need George Will to tell me . . FairWinds Sep 2015 #6

You mean the "false prophet ...trailing clouds of sanctity?" Hortensis Sep 2015 #9

Preemptive, emptive or post-emptive, the Pope just blew a gaping hole through their entire plan to Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #10

This is a wound that thousands of spiritual leaders across the nation, Hortensis Sep 2015 #11

Not only that bucolic_frolic Sep 2015 #16

If the pre-response is any indicator, the post response will be even more vicious and eye-opening Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #17

..."millennia of distilled human wisdom to morally guide decisions..." Hortensis Sep 2015 #44

And we the American people can never trust a religious right individual. They survive in lies. rladdi Sep 2015 #7

Well said. And also pointed out by the Pope that Christians do not behave like the GOP does. Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #8

Huckabee is almost literally a snake oil salesman. He may well Hortensis Sep 2015 #12

And centrist Democrats overlook his insults to LGBT families in a way that demonstrates their own Bluenorthwest Sep 2015 #13

That's What I Say, Too! NonMetro Sep 2015 #46

Did we expect anything different from the animal farm ? Cockroaches and Swine can never be any geretogo Sep 2015 #14

This, I believe, is creating a huge dilemma for the right rpannier Sep 2015 #19

I have to confess I have little understanding of the Protestant and Catholic schism, or how it Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #22

Here's the bottom line: pnwmom Sep 2015 #30

"the rule of God is the enemy of the rule of law" JDPriestly Sep 2015 #34

I think I can give a best answer by rephrasing. "The rule of law is the enemy of the rule of God". Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #37

Thanks. Good explanation. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #39

I Tuned in KBRITE... WiffenPoof Sep 2015 #20

You know all of those kids who used to get poor marks in Skidmore Sep 2015 #21

A good analogy are the Religion controlled public school systems of Saudi Arabia, and we know how Fred Sanders Sep 2015 #23

When the mighty right chapdrum Sep 2015 #24

Just proves that all rightwingers go to Hell nikto Sep 2015 #32

Conservative media attacking the Pope? It's like a dream come true! nomorenomore08 Sep 2015 #36

Media Matters Cited 7 People, Most Not Widely Known? NonMetro Sep 2015 #38

They are widely known among teabaggers. Not surprisingly, they don't have high profiles here. n/t pnwmom Sep 2015 #40

THe Pope took a huge steaming DUMP on Ferd Berfel Sep 2015 #43