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Lot happening folks, and I am getting ready to go on an extended vacation. Extended in my case means more than a long weekend. But I digress… The reason I am mentioning this is that I will be posting sporadically, at least until the 20th of August.
However, before I take off, I have posted some links in the right hand margin that can be viewed during my absence. These links should provide you dear reader, with a daily “fix” of reason, logic and objective reality, if the need arises.
Today’s post therefore, will be my last post before I leave. And I will leave off with what I think is the most important OCCURRENCE to have taken place since the beginning of the Francis bishopric of Rome.
Is this hyperbole?
Maybe.
But you dear reader will have to make up your mind for yourselves.
So here goes…
A few days ago, an article appeared written by our friend “Fr.” Antonio “2+2=5” Spadaro and a co-conspirator, a Presbyterian named Marcelo Figueroa, titled Evangelical Fundamentalism and Catholic Integralism in the USA: A surprising ecumenism. The article can be read here.
Moreover, a most excellent (or as a post-modernist can say: “excellentest”) response came from another favorite of this blog, in a positive sense this time, Maureen Mullarkey, titled In God They Don’t Trust: Anti-American Syllabus in Vatican journal. This article can be read here.
And finally, to understand why the two above mentioned articles constitute an OCCURRENCE being the most important since the start of the Francis bishopric of Rome, two concepts need to be understood.
The first of these concepts is one that your humble blogger explained in the post titled NUChurch Shocked… Shocked That Francis Lies…, namely the Overton Window. Here is that passage:
The Overton Window, also known as the window of discourse, is the range of ideas the public will accept…. The term is derived from its originator, Joseph P. Overton (1960–2003), a former vice president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy….
Devers refines the definition:
The Overton Window is a concept in political sociology referring to the range of acceptable opinions that can be held by respectable people. “Respectable” of course means that the subject can be integrated with polite society. Respectability is a strong precondition on the ability to have open influence in the mainstream.
The second concept that needs to be understood here is that of the post- Modernist NARRATIVE. In a post titled The Soap Bubble Papacy™ : The Battle Is In Your Mind – Francis’ Gaslighting we explained that:
FAKE NEWS ≠ FALSE NEWS
An example from the POLITICAL sub-set of the Visibilium Omnium can be seen here:
Guess which one the FAKE NEWS MEDIA is focusing on?
Back to the subject at hand.
“Fake news” is in essence any news that contradicts or questions an “official” NARRATIVE. And the reason that real news is lethal to the post-Modernist is that it “corrupts” their FAKE NARRATIVE(S), i.e. it “corrupts” their corrupt information. Here is how the process works:
Just to sum up what we have defined above, what we are dealing with is information that is injected into the public domain that is CORRUPTED (FAKE NEWS / FrancisCoprophagia). The CORRUPTION is intended to create a FAKE NARRATIVE (Gas-lighting). The most likely explanation for why this FAKE NARRATIVE is created is to allow individuals/entities to act on this FAKE NARRATIVE. In other words, this FAKE NARRATIVE allows these individuals to act when they otherwise would not be able to act. I.e. it provides them with justification.
By understanding the above, we can now deconstruct the Spadaro/Figueroa article and the Mullarkey response. So here are some observations:
First, notice the emotional tone of the Spadaro/Figueroa article. The emotions, negative in this case, were no doubt brought about first by their observation that a “great deal” of the discussions in... let’s call it the affairs of the Catholic Church, (specifically in the blogo-sphere) are taking place outside of the FrancisChurch Overton Window.
In other words, the discussion i corrupting their NARRATIVE.
How to we know this?
In the last paragraph, the authors tell us outright that this is the case. Here is that passage:
This is why Francis is carrying forward a systematic counter-narration with respect to the narrative of fear. There is a need to fight against the manipulation of this season of anxiety and insecurity.
What the above tells us, the initiated, is that TeamFrancis think in terms of NARRATIVES and counter-NARRATIVES. Therefore Francis, through his proxies is admitting that he is in fact a post-Modernist.
This is HISTORIC!
By extension, the significance of the above is that now Francis’ proxies have provided us with confirmation of the PROPER and CORRECT framework through which we can read Francis.
And it’s not Benedict, but rather Derrida.
But I digress…
And as my long time readers know, what defines a post-Modernist is a person who sees the world in terms of fractioned special interest (identity) groups, who in turn produce their foundational NARRATIVES, which then battle it out in a Hobbesian battlefield of identity groups. These identity groups do not dialogue, because the post-Modernists don’t believe in dialogue. Therefore, it is just one big struggle for POWER and the winning identity group, with their winning NARRATIVE, takes it all.
As for the rest of the unlucky identity groups and their NARRATIVES, they are subjugated. Hmmm…. where have I read that before? Why yes, here.
But just in case you dear readers need a refresher, here is Dr. Jordan Peterson to explain the post-Modernist mindset:
Now for the Mullarkey response. What is of critical significance in the Mullarkey response is that she names post-Modernism and by extension the Francis post-Modernists for what they are, and she names them in the third paragraph. Here is that passage:
On exhibit in this chosen opener is the post-modern denial of the existence of objective reality. The past’s own utterances are not steadfast. The truth of them, like that of any text, is unfixed, determined by current ideological needs.
Yes?
What we see therefore is that Mullarkey understands the foundational “philosophy” read ideology upon which the Francis proxies Spadaro/Figueroa constructed their document and criticises that document in its proper CONTEXT.
On a more general note, the significance of this OCCURRENCE is that the Mullarkey response is an example (the first that I have come across) where individual Catholic authors are beginning to use the proper philosophical/ideological “template” through which Francis must be read and understood.
If the above is more than just an isolate incident of a Catholic writer using the post-Modernist “template” to understand and explain the “product” produced by TeamFrancis, and other writers begin to reference the post-Modernist underlying ideology of this pseudo-intellectual gibberish, we will obtain a powerful weapon to counteract this rubbish and re-orient the collective Catholic thought process onto a footing based in OBJECTIVE REALITY.
And this in turn will be lethal not only for TeamFrancis and FrancisCurch in general, but also lethal to the post-concicliar sect that has taken over the Bride of Christ during this “new springtime of the ‘spirit’ of Vatican II”.
Leaving off before my vacation, I will end with another Jordan Peterson video on post-Modernism.
Enjoy!
The Deus Ex Machina Blog 
Hello, S.A.
S.A. as to my being frustrated, as well as lacking the objectivity to analyze the current situation objectively…
If by the “current situation” you mean this thread…S.A., I have presented facts.
Mullarkey’s vicious nonsense that she spewed repeatedly at the Vicar of Christ, His Holiness Pope Francis, led to her having been kicked to the curb by First Things. Her refusal to exercise decency and fairness in her treatment of Pope Francis led to her dismissal in question.
Given her history, Mullarkey is not credible when it comes to her commentaries related to His Holiness Pope Francis.
What I said about Steve Skojec is undeniable.
What I said about Rorate Caeli is undeniable.
S.A., when it comes to discussing His Holiness Pope Francis objectively, I, with all due respect, ask the following:
S.A., are you able to discuss Pope Francis objectively when you refuse to recognize that he is Pope of the True Church?
God and His True Church command you to submit to the True Church’s Pope, which the True Church has declared is Pope Francis. But you refuse to do so.
Therefore, S.A., is the following valid? To justify your refusal to recognize Pope Francis’s God-given authority to teach, govern, and sanctify you, it is required that you attempt to defame and dehumanize Pope Francis?
S.A., with all due respect, you have a vested interest in presenting Pope Francis as an evil, Satanic “false Pope.”
You cannot afford to speak well of His Holiness Pope Francis. You must attack him to justify your refusal to submit to his God-given authority over you.
S.A., in all honesty, are you able to deny the above?
S.A., please understand that despite how it may appear, my desire is not to condemn you. I am a sinner.
I point out simply when it comes to objectivity related to Pope Francis, you have a definite vested interested in casting Pope Francis negatively.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
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Maureen has had the Pope number for some time. She was fired from ‘First Things’ magazine for her views. Sam, I will pass your posting on to her and am sure she will appreciate your vigorous support.
There is no question Pope Francis is a post-modernist who doesn’t believe in fixed objective truth. But beyond that, which is bad enough, he is a Cultural Marxist intent on destroying the Catholic Church in order to replace it with a One World Church.
Pope Paul VI spoke of the smoke Satan infecting the Church. Now we can speak of Satan trying to manage the Church.
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Thank you. I am a big fan of Maureen since here Evita article.
She sure has this number…
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S.A.
You have cited several compromised sources recently. Maureen Mullarkey hates the Vicar of Christ, Pope Francis. Her foul, false articles against His Holiness Pope Francis led to her dismissal by the folks at First Things.
Mullarkey doesn’t possess a shred of credibility when it comes to her take on Pope Francis.
Steve Skojec traffics in false news about the Vicar of Christ.
Note to Steve Skojec: Rorate Caeli traffics in false news about Pope Francis. But even Rorate refused to promote the bizarre, preposterous Five Questions fake news story.
As vile as they are, when Rorate Caeli recognizes immediately a false news story, then that should serve to alert Steve Skojec and his right-wing Pope Francis haters that a given story is clearly fake news.
Mullarkey and Skojec are fake news traffickers…one was kicked to the curb by First Things…the other, Five Questions, just shamed himself and shattered whatever credibility that he had (which was none, as he trafficked in false news).
Pax.
Mark Thomas
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But even Rorate refused to promote the bizarre, preposterous Five Questions fake news story.
I have absolutely zero doubt that if they had had 1P5’s sources on this, Rorate would have broken this story without hesitation. They’ve run stories with thinner sourcing than this before. Maike used to write for them, you know.
I might have held off on this before improving the sourcing and nailing down the details, considering how explosive this story is. But I have reason to believe that there is some truth to the story about the interview. The details of what actually happened may have varied on certain points which became a little distorted in the transmission.
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From where I sit, and given how petty and infantile Francis acts, I would accept this at face value.
But that’s just me…
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S.A., what is infantile is that a few folks who belong to the Vicar of Christ-hating right-wing “Catholic” blogosphere believed an obvious hit-piece against His Holiness Pope Francis…a second-hand piece of garbage story…that Cardinal Müller denied.
Anyway, for once, and to their credit, the majority among the leading right-wing, Pope Francis-haters recognized immediately that 1P5’s “Five Questions” story was utter garbage.
The story never gained traction amongst right-wing bloggers as they recognized that Skojec had embarrassed himself via a preposterous fake news story that he should have avoided.
Skojec attempted to defame and dehumanize His Holiness Pope Francis. But God taught Skojec a lesson.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
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Mark:
With all due respect, your passions are getting the better of you. You have lost the ability to analyze the current situation objectively, and frustration appears to be setting in.
Might be time for vacation…
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Mark,
With all due respect, I know Steve, and I feel quite confident in stating that, however much a story like this helps his narrative, a) Steve just doesn’t make up crap like this, and b) he runs with sources he has reasonable confidence in.
Now that doesn’t mean this story will prove to be correct in every detail. It’s a second hand report. Certain parts might have been distorted in transmission. But is it really so unbelievable? The only question that has some people thrown for a loop is the women’s ordination question. But to be honest, notwithstanding his terse comment a few years back on the topic (which in the original Italian is somewhat less definite than it looked in translation), I think it’s quite plausible that, fundamentally, Pope Francis does not object to ordaining women. And certainly that *is* true of some in his inner orbit.
I don’t know that many other traditionalist outlets have really taken exception to it. The ones I can think of have who seem not keen to run with it seem easier to explain by competitiveness with 1Peter5. They hate being scooped.
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Well, Michael Voris is still drinking Kool-Aid as of this morning.
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Some things never change…
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Mister Malcolm, the fact that you know Mr. Skojec doesn’t change the fact that he has trafficked in lies about the Vicar of Christ, His Holiness Pope Francis.
The fact that Mr. Skojec did not “make up” the “Five Questions” story (I am aware that he relied upon second-hand source) does not alter the fact that he promoted a piece of trash, fake “news” story that was concocted to attack Pope Francis.
Pax.
Mark Thomas
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Mister Malcolm, the fact that you know Mr. Skojec doesn’t change the fact that he has trafficked in lies about the Vicar of Christ, His Holiness Pope Francis.
OK. Name one.
This is become tedious, Mark. At first I was inclined to give you the benefit of the doubt of you merely giving the Holy Father the benefit of the doubt (as I once did). But the over-the-top treacle of your gushing about Francis strikes me as trolling.
Look, he’s a bad pope. And he’s not a particularly nice man. His brain operates almost solely on politics, and he’s hip deep in eight flavors of corruption. But it’s happened before. And, unless the Parousia comes soon, it will likely happen again. We aren’t guaranteed a Gregory the Great out of every conclave. And our faith isn’t dependent on getting one.
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