How disingenuous! If these are not the burning issues of the day then why has he and his friends spent so much time on them? If these are not important issues then he should resign his position as chairman of the Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy. If these are not important issues then lift all the restrictions on the old Mass and let each priest celebrate it as he sees fit. Do not tell me that these issues are not important then insist that I must celebrate the Mass only as you wish it be celebrated.
From the little I found on google about Trautmann, the issues he finds most worthy of attention are inclusive language and advancing the careers of friends involved in the scandal.
Maybe his comment is a kind of verbal sleight of hand, classic misdirection: "No, no, I'm not doing anything -- but look over there!"
Trautman will stamp his little feet and hiss, prissily, while mincing to the airplane.
Then he'll come back here, jump into his hot tub, and find a million ways to ignore the documents coming from Rome.
That's the MO of the TwitterBoyzzz--has been for a long, long time. Joey B. raised it to an art form with his glamorification of USCC and the attendant bureaucracy.
Ohh, you nailed it!!!
This concept occurs at all levels, including the parish level, of the Church. Many a Pastor or liturgista has made the same type of statements throughout the 80's and 90's as they proceeded to implement their heterodox agendae.