He creates quite a large taxonomic vacuum here. He identifies (Category 1) the true Roman Catholic hierarchy that existed before Vatican II, and (Category 2) the "enemy" Bergoglio, whose crimes offend the Church. Between "until Vatican II" and "Bergoglio," there were five intervening impostors and 60+ years of all-out apostasy, under the direct leadership and control of these same impostors.
By the clear meaning of his terms, Vigano excludes the novus ordo pontiffs from his Categories 1 and 2. Omission is exclusion in this context.
So how should they be classified? Or do we simply make believe that Bergoglio and Vatican II are the bad guys - Vatican II in a nebulous way, and Bergoglio in a particular and unique way - while all that exists between them on the timeline is untouchable?
This is very slippery talk. It has a great potency for deception and falsity.
Garbage, as per my previous post. He simply hasn't made up his mind about Roncalli - Ratzinger. This has absolutely nothing to do with his attempting to be slippery. We've had a huge crowd of R&R Trads, including SSPX, that have upheld the legitimacy of all these Antipopes, so to think that a +Vigano would go from being a high-ranking Novus Ordite to post-Pius XII SV in months is quite a stretch, especially when you denounce him for not having done so. Within a short time, he's come father than the SSPX did and farther than the Resistance have.