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This might explain the push towards liberation theology and the election of a South American, Jesuit Pope; i.e. weird church politics have gone on behind the scenes for decades.

The Catholic Church covering up sex abuse by priests is as old as the instution of clerical celibacy in the late 4th century, when Pope Siricius left his wife to become pope. The issue is that, aside from telling young men to never ever have sex being a way to court trouble, the papacy has always seen itself as an authority standing above all earthly authority (the pope interprets Jesus' "all authority on heaven and earth has been given to Me" as being devolved to Peter via the Keys), so when priests do something wrong, whether it's something minor like stealing from the offering plate, or something major like raping kids, it's a church affair that the state has no business interfering in.

However, ever since the Reformation, if not earlier, cultural attitudes toward the Catholic Church behaving like a supra-national organization, subject to no laws but its own, have been on a downward slide. So by the 21st century, the idea that a fag priest molesting a boy is "just a church matter" is unintelligible and outrageous to the common man.

Plus, as @Party Hat Wurmple said, the Church clergy has been full of fags ever since Urban II had troops kidnap priests' wives and children and sell them as sex slaves to Muslims (just as Christ himself commanded).
 
From my perspective, it seems that church leadership panicked, made a dumb decision by listening to lawyers
the problem lies right here. they have protected pedophiles. there is simply no defense for an organization who has dedicated itself to protecting child molesters and rapists, especially not one who claims to be the true church of Christ.
You're welcome to read the linked article.
The other facet of why the Vatican ultimately made the choice to defend their Diddler and Fag Conclave is because many of these priests haven't done anything yet or haven't been caught. Many of these people are self-admitted. You release these people into the wild and kick them out of the Church, where do they go? What do they do? They become just a face in the millions and stand a much bigger chance of not only hurting someone, but getting away with it. They're now a drop of water in an ocean. As opposed to keeping them in the congregation, knowing who they are, and keeping tabs on them. As for the cover-ups, in the church's mind, they do too much good for the world, and their good outweighs the bad.


I'm not saying it's right. I'm not defending their position. I just wanted to explain their thought process that led to these decisions that occurred back in the 70s-80s. A lot of times people seem to forget that to others, diddlers are just regular people until they get caught. You legitimately cannot tell who is going to diddle kids and who won't. If you disagree with me, how many of those female teachers would you have expected to be child molesters?
 
Top 5 allies HAS to include France, despite what that country has turned into now, without their support during the revolution i'm not sure we'd have won. Canada is high on the list too, they were ride or die for a long time until this stupid bullshit with turdo over the past decade or so. I'm not sure about others off the top of my head, i'm more a US guy than anything, lol.
So far as peoples who like us, I'd say that the Philippines are top of the list. Their government can be a little squishy, but I've never met a Flip who didn't appreciate US troops fighting and dying to free them from occupation and then making sure they were set up to run their own nation afterwards. I'm no expert on the details, but for my money, the relationship between the US and the Philippines is probably the most benevolent in our history.
 
Went to go check on reddit to see how they are holding up
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Its going to be a looooooooong 4 years for them

Check it out there are actually huge protests going on in the US, the media just isent covering it lmao

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do we think he is trying to say complicit?
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and there it is ladies and gentleman, better satire or shitposting than you or I will ever come close to. Genuine retartedness dosent hold a candle to its autistic mockery, it has its own beauty and charm that simply cant be replicated. In this moment this nigger is projecting, wrong, has a reddit account, Canadian, and probably ugly.
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Public schools still do this, usually with a payoff. The big issue was that rather than it being a diocese issue it was effectively an organization wide issue in a time where the standards changed and they didn’t adapt to change. There are huge issues from when standards for priests were dropped post-Vatican 2 where there weren’t enough priests and certain types were pushed into the role. Benedict wrote on it that the issue was that a lot of the predators and gay seminarians effectively were an organization within the Church. He did remove a lot of people (who Francis restored). Part of it was elements within the Church dragging their feet and part of it was bad actors.
This is very interesting and have never heard this - so Benedict wanted to get rid of the pedos and Francis brought a lot of them back? I've never read or heard this but it does provide some explanation as to why Benedict was so disliked and why Francis gets his dick sucked by globohomo media. Either they're all pedos in on the same thing or they prefer a pedo defender doing damage to a religious institution. Or both.
 
So far as peoples who like us, I'd say that the Philippines are top of the list. Their government can be a little squishy, but I've never met a Flip who didn't appreciate US troops fighting and dying to free them from occupation and then making sure they were set up to run their own nation afterwards. I'm no expert on the details, but for my money, the relationship between the US and the Philippines is probably the most benevolent in our history.
I’ve seen a lot of Filipinos out in the wild. They are always kind and respectful. (And actually try to speak good English, unlike Arabs, Indians, and spics) I can’t say that about most immigrants outside of Europe.
 
You're advocating for the removal of personal moral standards which is the equivalent of a Communist taking away Joe's wheat and giving it to Carl because Joe grew more wheat. Even if that's not your intended argument, it's what your argument sounds like which is why it's caused such a visceral emotional clap back.

If you want to raise the bare minimum standards you're not going to find anyone who disagrees with you especially on this issue.

But individuals and even institutions have a right to hold themselves to higher standards than what's minimally required and the legal standard will always be the minimum standard. It's just a function of society and governance.
I'm saying you shouldn't have to lower the standard of "molesting is bad" or twist it because its a teacher, rabbi, etc. It should be bad all around and it shouldnt be worse because it was a priest it shoulbe the worst by default. Especialy when those standarda arent. Its going to break your brain but I don't think carl should just get Joe's wheat because he grew more but I also don't think Joe should be given a pass because he grew more wheat or is subject to more lax laws because he grew it.

I think the truth is hard for people to digest and it leads to visceral reactions. All great philosophers will tell you emotional reactions like that don't come from a place of clear thought.
 
No, he's just an autistic retard.

Article explaining the meme
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TL;DR

Elon Musk is now ‘Harry Bōlz’ on X, and meme token creators are cashing in. New Bōlz-themed coins have flooded the market, with prices instantly surging and crashing, according to GeckoTerminal data.

The Tesla CEO re-adopted the persona on Tuesday amid controversy surrounding Edward Coristine, also widely referred to as “Big Balls,” who was recently appointed as a senior adviser at the US State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Technology, in addition to his role at Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Musk’s use of the name ‘Harry Bōlz’ is widely seen as a mockery of the media coverage surrounding the incident. The name itself is commonly understood to be slang for ‘hairy balls.’

It’s not the first time Musk has gone by this name. In April 2023, he adopted it for the first time, leading to widespread media coverage in an attempt to debunk its origins.


The circumcision joke is probably another dumb meme but it'll likely be seen as anti-semitic.
 
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