Just got out of a Facebook thread in which a score of Catholics are bantering back and forth on whether or not it is okay to vote for Bernie Sanders. Can you believe this? I think that these liberal Catholics are actually more motivated by their hatred for Republicans than anything. It's pure emotion and pure groupthink with them. It's all about attacking the evil rich people. As if they've never read about what socialism does to a nation.
In fact, some people are even saying that Sanders is too unelectable, and that they should just stick with Hillary.
Here's an article I saw posted:
http://www.religionnews.com/2016/02/08/yes-catholics-may-vote-bernie-sanders-commentary/"Yes, Catholics may vote for Bernie Sanders" U.S. Catholics who identify as traditional or conservative sometimes fail to understand the church’s teachings on social justice and their duty to the poor.
That is why it was so heartening to see the Rev. Dwight Longenecker make this point on his traditional and popular blog:
No economic system is perfect and no single economic system can be said to be “Catholic,” but it would not be inconsistent for a Catholic to vote for a Democratic Socialist. Indeed, the reason so many Catholics voted for the Democratic Party over the years was because they perceived the Democrats to be the party of the poor, the marginalized, the workers and the “little guy.”
So far so good. It is Catholic doctrine that wealth exists to be shared; private property is under a social mortgage for the common good; workers must be paid a living wage; health care is a human right, and we must be on the side of the poor first.
I am so sick and tired of liberals, that at this point I want this country utterly destroyed by them. I want socialists and democrats to take over this country, and drive it into the ground for a century or two, so that all that is left is sodomy and ruin. The resulting balkanization is going to be glorious, and the social breakdown of the society as a whole will be horrific to everyone in the Western world once it happens. It must happen, because clearly, the people of this nation will never ever learn anything. Ever. Until four generations of them suffer utterly and completely. And even then, they'll probably still learn nothing from any of it.
This is not despair. This is
Level Jonah, folks. The American version. I'm tired of this pretense. This facade. This fake show, where we pretend that everyone in this country knows what the hell they're doing, and what's best.
Me and mine will survive. I'm not worried about that. We're tough. However, I know that most everyone else isn't. Which is most unfortunate for them. But that's what a 240 year-old Masonic experiment buys you.
These lunatics are the best we have to offer. Goodbye.
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