It's amazing how intelligent folks will believe the msm spin, yet won't make the time to read the encyclical and draw their own conclusions. I thought Freepers were above this nonsense.
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He may as well have mentioned Obama or Clinton by name if his intent was to rile up Freepers.
Of course wealth is redistributed constantly in any kind of economic system from free market to socialist.
The reaction by many Freepers to this encyclical shows that conservatives are just as susceptible to Pavlovian conditioning as liberals.
Yes, and I was nearly one of them as I expressed yesterday that I was concerned about the MSM comments I read and hoped the Holy Father was (once again) quoted out of context. I have since read much about it and have more to read. EWTN news (among others) has several newslink articles on it. I had a sinking feeling the MSM were quick to get access and were having a field day taking it out of context.
“It’s amazing how intelligent folks will believe the msm spin, yet won’t make the time to read the encyclical and draw their own conclusions. I thought Freepers were above this nonsense.”
Fair enough. Try as I might, though, the LSM takes me in every now and again.
Still, when I read this: “Anderson also responded to some analyses of the encyclical that try to describe it as promoting either a liberal or conservative political viewpoint by saying, “I think that’s precisely the wrong way to look at the encyclical, and I think that Benedict would be very disappointed if that’s the kind of analysis we give it,” I am a bit disappointed. It’s rather frustrating that so many people fail to recognize that liberalism is evil, while conservatism is congruent with “the consistent ethics in the Catholic Church.
Liberalism and conservatism are not morally equivalent, and it is not appropriate to treat them as equals, as Anderson appears to be trying to do.
So many people buy into the picture of the “sensible center,” with things becoming increasingly deranged as one moves away in either direction. Looks to me like the continuum extends from Satan on the left to God on the right.