Thus:
I am amazed at the hatred, filth, sacrilege, anger, condescension, ignorance, triviality, & flippancy heaped upon @pontifex on #askpontifex
— John Mercer (@jfmercer) December 4, 2012
Yeah, you know, the Pope has enabled and covered up the rape and assault of countless children, but guys, let’s not be so mean to him on Twitter. That’s just a bridge too far. Have we, at long last, no decency?
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Rodney Nelson
December 4, 2012 at 3:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Maybe if the Pope stopped supporting and protecting child rapists then people wouldn’t talk about his support and protection of child rapists.
steve84
December 4, 2012 at 3:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Your profile picture is very fitting for this
Paul Fidalgo
December 4, 2012 at 3:57 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
It’s amazing how often it applies.
Raging Bee
December 4, 2012 at 3:44 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
The old man isn’t even scheduled to make his first tweet until after the Feast of Saint Whoseywhatsis! It’s a bit early for cries of “psersecution,” innit?
And this guy is bitching about “triviality, & flippancy?” It’s TWITTER, what the hell did he expect?
Marcus Ranum
December 4, 2012 at 5:58 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
C’mon ratzo, tweet me some papal bull.
Loqi
December 4, 2012 at 7:05 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Yeah, child rape is pretty trivial. So is the preventable death of women in Catholic hospitals. And allowing AIDS to spread due to lack of education about/access to comdoms. And denying rights to LGBTs. We should focus on the important things, like vaguely face-shaped burn patterns on toast and “crying” statues.
leftwingfox
December 5, 2012 at 11:16 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
What about Indian Catholics attempting to arrest skeptics who debunk weeping statues? Can we tweet about that?
lemmycaution
December 5, 2012 at 11:29 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’m amazed that John Mercer is amazed. Seriously. Who didn’t see angry tweets coming?
We’ve come a long way since the USA had a collective freakout about a picture of the last pope being ripped in half on live television.
bobo
December 5, 2012 at 12:26 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I watched a good documentary on the subject, and one of the few catholics who opposed the church’s handling of the child rape cases spelled it out like this:
“you see, priests and bishops are closer to God than a mere child. so it makes sense that they would protect a pedo priest, and not a victim of sexual abuse, b/c that priest is one rung higher up the ladder than the child”
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Nice racket they have going there, eh?
Lou Doench
December 5, 2012 at 12:38 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Waitaminute! We can be mean to the Nazi Pope on twitter? I’ll… be back in a few hours… ;)
aziraphale
December 5, 2012 at 2:23 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
“the last pope being ripped in half on live television.”
Awesome. Where can I see that picture?
JohnnieCanuck
December 6, 2012 at 12:50 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Quote mining as a force for the good. Nice.
Sort of thing an Angel with worldly experience might think of.
serena
December 5, 2012 at 6:57 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
aziraphale Here ya go: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sin%C3%A9ad_O%27Connor#Saturday_Night_Live_performance
Btw, awesome name reference xP
hypatiasdaughter
December 10, 2012 at 2:41 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
If he’s still breathing, it isn’t heaped high enough.