MSW:_Not is it not MSW's place to referee such a match, it is not our place to read about it, as in why should we care about such obscure charachters who between them probably have fewer Google hits than the members of the Catholic Left who MSW ignores? I should leave it there, but I have a streak of masochism on Monday mornings. One thing to start. The Benedict Option should be explained in the first paragraph. It has nothing to do with the Pope Emeritus. It is seeking solace in communities seperated from the world because the world has fallen apart.
It is interesting to mention the French revolution, which is the touch stone of modern conservativsm and, yes, conservatives are as afraid of human rights for gays as they are of such upheavals, especially since they have largely lost the gay rights issue, will soon lose on employment discrimination (ENDA will soon be implied by the Second Circuit within the Civil Rights Act, including for the Church) and gay priests and the families of gays will make blessed sacramental marriage a real thing in due course. Conservatives love the reactionary position. Just wait until the bishops change the Mass translation again to see how much.
As for moral degradation in civic life, we no longer have Jim Crow, busting gays bars is no longer allowed and the Catholic Church can’t send the local police after a comedian who makes jokes about the bishops. If those days were not morally degraded, there is no such thing as moral degredation. A few million online dirty movies are not going to cast us all into Hell. To those who still think Masturbation is the key issue of our time, get thee to a Therapist.
Moral degrardation is electing a fascist liar as President of the United States and his party not removing him on their own, not sparring over a book review. That our capitalist masters are trying to use small annual bonuses ($1000 is 50 cents an hour for a year) to make us feel good about them is the extent of our rot. And yes, Dreher is a straight up reactionary. This is not about his religious affiliations. Conformity is only enforced by donors and subscribers, which is the tragedy of modern journalism, both mainstream and in the intelligencia. They like catch phrases, like religious liberty, which does not mean what they think it means (to badly paraphrase Ignio Montoya). Sadly, gone are they days when you can invite an intellectual rival for a drink and a chat.
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