RE: Cue the “What the Pope Really Meant” crowd....
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Well, speaking about “What the Pope REALLY meant”...
I am cutting and pasting a post from another FReeper.
Here is one of the comments at the Blaze article:
this story came from the AP, and they are notorious for recontextualizing.
The Pope did not say Abbas “you are a man of peace”,, he said “you are KNOWN as a man of peace”
“peace” is the basic philosophical tenant of Islam, it is attained by submitting to Allah. Therefore, islam is peace to Palestinians, but not in the Western context of nonviolence. So, when the Pope used the word peace, was he speaking to Palestinians or the West… he was speaking to Palestinians.
“you are known as a man of peace (Islam)”
I don’t know enough to gauge the insight, if it is one.
Other commenters opined that the pope is painting Abbas into a corner. Wishful thinking?
I think this Pope has a talent for misspeaking and the mainstream media are well aware of it and willing to use it.
Once they identify a figure with this problem, especially a religious or conservative figure, they follw him/her like the pack of curs they are, waiting for more examples of misspeak.
Either by acutal design, or by ineptitude, he is unfit for the office which he holds.