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[–] [email protected] 94 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (5 children)

Huh. Fascism is on the rise everywhere. The planet is being destroyed by greedy billionaires. People are struggling to pay for food. There are wars and genocides. But he thinks the ugliest danger is "gender ideology", whatever that is.

And he says it erases differences. If "gender ideology" is being a non-bigot about gender, then that respects differences. What erases differences is forcing everyone to conform to only two set gender stereotypes.

It's saddening that dogma prevents him seeing how dramatically advances in understanding and respect for gender have improved so many people's lives. And it's disappointing to see him align himself and his church with forces of oppression.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Catholic church expressed clear support for Hitler's Nazi party. It's almost like shitbirds of a feather flock together to oppress minorities.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 18 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Mussolini made the Vatican a theocratic nation-state. It is baked into the cake.

[–] rambaroo -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Vatican had a history of literally being a nation state long before Mussolini.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

That may be true but it wasn't in 1929 as the dictator was beginning to define the word fascism. Then Mussolini gave the vatican nationhood distinct from Italy.

[–] captainlezbian 6 points 8 months ago

Also weren’t eunuchs explicitly welcomed into the early church

[–] sir_pronoun 4 points 8 months ago

It's doubly sad because Christian teachings could actually be a good influence on people. Like that quote above shows, there's good thoughts in there (alongside bullshit, of course.) When modern people, who respect science, develop a reflected and balanced faith, that can be a good thing. It's just so damn rare, and the bigots are in charge

[–] sir_pronoun 3 points 8 months ago

Exactly.. Jesus Christ.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

And he says it erases differences. If "gender ideology" is being a non-bigot about gender, then that respects differences. What erases differences is forcing everyone to conform to only two set gender stereotypes.

Yeah. I read things like this and just wonder what exactly I'm erasing by being myself? And if I do my best to try and parse his statements about how we should be acting instead of the "gender ideology" way of acting... I don't stop being a lady. It's not a thing I've "decided' I'm going to do now that I'll stop once you remind me that I'm called to be a human and live for good or whatever. Pretty sure I've been doing that the whole time, if I understand it at all.

Edit: typos/clarity