Rod's coverage of the John Edward's campaign blogger thing is OK; he understands that Bill Donohue is doing good work on this. So good for everybody.I don't think he's bashing the Catholic church in this instance, but why does he seem to have to remark "[I]t's more than a little embarrassing that some on the Catholic left don't have enough self-respect to stand up for their faith." Embarrassing to whom? Seems like he's reminding his Catholic readers that they have lefties so-called in their church. Well, that sure is necessary; thanks for the public service message, Rod, I almost forgot.
I'm one of those folks that really feel that the best strategy is to simply ignore publications like Commonweal and NCR as much as we dismiss the sedevacantist vomit on the so-called "Catholic right". Focusing on it makes the church appear divided and fosters to a kind of political correctness which would have us give equal time to everybody, including dissenters. The only reason most of these frowning hippies-with-hemorrhoids don't leave the church is that they wouldn't be employable in the cold, cruel world outside.
What do you all think? I'm already buried in snow here, so feel free to "pile on"!
today i'm sledding down the ravines of my own blissful ignorance of all things dreher and shea.
ReplyDeletethe best thing about this winter's timing (even though the 70 degree weather was such a skeery thing that i hope obama can save us from) was all the cool sleds on deep clearance at TJ Maxx 2 weeks ago, namely the "swiss bob" (really fast and only 10 bucks) and the "Hamax" (old school wooden but also new and improved sled for $20, yo). this year the snow was worth the wait, baby.
Kathleen, thou art the "Witch Queen of Snow Metaphors". Googling "skiers for obama" turns up nothing -- at least at this point.
ReplyDeleteDiane, I'm letting this go because it's borderline. I think it's silly to rush off to Commonweal to see what they think about attacks on a liberal democrat. But the guy listens to NPR, so what can I say....
Re: leftists in EO: I'm simply not interested. I don't really care if there are Eastern Orthodox priests passing out condoms in their churches. Bill Donohue wrote once in an issue of Catalyst that Catholics don't really care what non-Catholics believe, but anti-Catholics care very much what Catholics believe -- he was talking about the kind of folks who attack the Catholic church at every opportunity. They're mainly protestants, but it's basically the camp in which Rod hangs out in.
The "benefit of the doubt" which I afford Rod goes pretty far in that I'm willing to believe that Rod in his heart of hearts doesn't want to continue to trash Catholics. It's a BAD HABIT which he may be trying to break. That's why I insist on using the term "knee-jerks" at the expense of completely wearing it out. I don't know... maybe he has some form of Tourette's? But there is something he can do about this: take a deep breath, count to ten and hold down the BACKSPACE key.
Bubba, Good point on Rod's blind following of perceived populists.
ReplyDeleteI'll tackle your religious errors at a later date.