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EWTN was founded on a false narrative. M. Angelica thought she was fighting "liberal bishops" and talked about the "beautiful documents" of Vatican II. The advent of Bergoglio has smashed the entire (mostly North American) "Liberal vs. Conservative" paradigm. There can be no... https://twitter.com/pontificatormax/status/1346007566141321216
more "conservative" middle ground: Trads are "those weirdo fanatics" and "liberals" are evil, with "conservatives" being the sensible "orthodox" good guys. It's important to remember that it was the "conservatives" who worked hardest at suppressing Tradition. Why? Because...
THE most important thing was to maintain that middle ground. Their whole worldview depended on it. But The Resignation and Bergoglio has nuked the middle ground. It's the most important and useful contribution he's made. There are a few who will cling to it, because what are...
you supposed to do when your entire way of seeing life the universe and everything is deliberately (and gleefully) nuked by the very people who were tasked with maintaining it? You're damn right; you cling, baby! Cling to whatever shreds you can get your mitts on...
and for many (particularly in the "create your own reality" lala land of Modernia) the task of ignoring facts and evidence so you can go on living in your "conservative narrative" Fantasy is a small price to pay.
But however well we did it - there was ... ahem... some gloating, and not a little schadenfreude - there's no question that the only subgroup of Catholics for whom Bergoglio's pontificate has NOT shattered our worldview is the Trads. Most of us just sat back and said...
OK, good. Now EVERYone gets to live in the Real that we've been slogging through for decades.
And so it has proved. Even for EWTN, it seems.
And so it has proved. Even for EWTN, it seems.
