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12. The reaction being justifiable doesn't make it any less hypocritical.

Mon Jan 6, 2020, 12:23 PM

Jan 2020

This was a very human, but very un-Papal reaction. If that seems unfair, it's only because of the standard the RCC sets for itself.

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I'm no fan of the Pope but...... Skittles Jan 2020 #1

... Major Nikon Jan 2020 #2

heh Skittles Jan 2020 #4

Instinctively hit women? No. I haven't ever lost it, actually. AtheistCrusader Jan 2020 #5

oh NONSENSE Skittles Jan 2020 #7

Actually it's a bizarre physical reaction. AtheistCrusader Jan 2020 #8

I find the entire pope charade uttlerly ridiculous Skittles Jan 2020 #9

His reaction was quite proportionate; "in self-defense" seems a good description muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #10

The reaction being justifiable doesn't make it any less hypocritical. Act_of_Reparation Jan 2020 #12

Conservative Trad Catholics Dorian Gray Jan 2020 #11

I agree with that assessment Skittles Jan 2020 #13

Turn the other cheek, Your Holy Dudeness... MineralMan Jan 2020 #6