An RC 'Quix?'
Who'd a thunk it possible! /sarc
Obviously, he must be doing it wrong in some respects!
Posted on 04/18/2011 5:16:03 AM PDT by GonzoII
If you are lucky, you may have missed the current debate rippling through the Catholic interwebs. Actually, it is a debate that comes up from time time to time, this time it just happens to involve video provocateur Michael Voris.
Voris contributes to the website RealCatholicTv.com. He produces several videos a week talking about issues related to faith, politics, and culture. No big deal, lots of us speak or write about these subjects every day. What makes Voris a hot topic of debate is mostly style and occasionally a little substance.
Having only watched a handful of Voris’ videos, I do not intend to debate the prudence or sagacity of all his remarks. But I do want to talk about style.
I recently weighed in on a cobbled controversy that popped up after remarks by Voris in which he advised people to run, not walk, from their parish to an orthodox parish if their priest offers a homily, at the request of Al Gore and Global Warming Inc., on the topic greening the planet on Easter Sunday.
Now while Voris’s remedy may be fairly debated, so much of the debate surrounding him is based on his style. Voris you see is loud, in your face, hyperbolic, and sarcastic and as everyone knows—you can’t be like that AND be a good Catholic. Or can you?
Before I go on, I wish to un-tether myself from the specifics of Michael Voris to debate the relative value of “in your face-ness” by Catholic commentators as this has even come up in many of the discussions surrounding the relative love/detestation of Fr. Corapi.
So I ask, what is so wrong with bluntness? With having an opinion and speaking it? Why is it that straightforward criticism is so routinely criticized?
(Excerpt) Read more at ncregister.com ...
No "Ned Flanders types", God bless them, should think their style should rule public discourse. Thinking thus would be leaving a lot of people out in the cold, uncatachized, unedified and unready to be Christians in the middle of the world. Maybe there needs to some mortification of some individuals' sensitivities...well..you know if the shoes fits..I mean, you know, some self reflection so we can all just..well..get along....
“what is so wrong with bluntness? With having an opinion and speaking it? Why is it that straightforward criticism is so routinely criticized?”
What are you, some kinda Muslim? /s
"Hyperbolic and sarcastic" are not the same as "straightforward." ("Loud" is content-neutral.) In my opinion, overwrought language makes it more difficult to determine whether a presenter's content is reasonable and accurate. The speaker should be able to phrase his point in direct, concrete language. If he cannot, then he is simply feeding his ego by slinging verbal hash on Youtube.
Note, this is not a personal comment on Mr. Voris, because I am not aquainted with specifics of his presentation, other than the dead rodent upon his pate.
I needed another “c” in there ...
re: Why is it that straightforward criticism is so routinely criticized?
That’s not the reason they are after Voris. They are after him because he is being very successful at getting the message out there that almost all the the bishops are wolves in sheeps clothing, that there is something seriously wrong with the clergy itself.
He is getting the same treatment as all the successful traditionalists have received during the last 50+ years, like Abp. Lefevbre, the SSPX, and Fr. Gruner.
I don't get it, if your loud about the content of what you're holding forth on then you're passionate about it..you know body-soul combo that men and women are...
God bless Father Corapi and Voris.
They can afford to be cutting edge commentary. They don’t have a parish to please.
“Passion” is also content-neutral. The content is the content, no matter what the presenter’s emotions are. Sarcasm and hyperbole are content.
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An RC 'Quix?'
Who'd a thunk it possible! /sarc
Obviously, he must be doing it wrong in some respects!
Do the RC’s get born with thin skins and Olympic class arrogance or do they get both at confirmation?
lolol. “Count it all joy...” 8~)
And if the RCC really did want “blunt talking,” they wouldn’t silence all the victims of pederast priests, but instead encourage them to report these crimes to the police.
Plenty true.
“The Diocese of Lincoln has in place a very strong program of instruction and training for all priests, religious and lay people in the diocese who are in any way, directly or indirectly, connected with children and youth. There are very careful and thorough background checks done for all people who are employed by the diocese, or by institutions, parishes or agencies which have any connection whatever with the diocese. All people, including all children and youth, are regularly instructed to report any incidents of abuse immediately to law enforcement authorities.”-- Bp. Fabian Bruskewitz, Bishop of Lincoln, Nebraska, quoted here
Good.
How long has that been in place?
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