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I am, thanks be to God, NOT so much exposed to the internecine warfare in the Church to know for sure what Bishop Barron is referring to. I know the general outlines and, probably, some of the players, but I am so repelled by online vituperation that I tend to turn it all off.

So "I anathematize you, spiritual booger" is not part of my daily (or hourly) world. Though I know its out there.

What comes to mind is Harry Truman's great line. Some political enthusiast yelled at a campaign rally, "Give em hell,Harry!" and he answered, "Nah, I give 'em the truth, and they think it's hell."

It seems, though, that what Barron's complaining about is not the online Catholic new media "trading posts" but the "Indians" -- in other words, the Catholics. The people who turn up in his combox. That's not Ann Barnhardt. That's Joe Q. Catholic.

Now YOUR thoughts, Condoleezza?