Bishop Fellay seems to think the supernatural is like automobile mechanics... something happens so you just pound out a dent or replace a part and everything is hunky dory...
The Novus Ordo whackos will never see SSPX'ers any other way than as wishy-washy sheeple who drunk the proverbial Koolaid...
SSPX'ers will be seen by
1) the liberals as a laughingstock; people who caved in to go with the flow...
2) honest people as dishonest, people who are inconsistent with their principles...
3) REAL CATHOLICS as aposates...
Bishop Fellay is working to place the SSPX in the worst of all possible scenarios. The FSSP was always looked upon as dinosaurs in the Novus Ordo lake. Now the SSPX gets to join them. The progressives will laugh at the people behind the curve. Rational people will not give them any credibility. And among true Catholics they will lose all respect.
If Bishop Fellay wants to be consistent, why doesn't he just say that Archbishop Lefebvre was an ultramontane fossil, that the Novus Ordo is what's right for modern man, and just be done with it.
Really, you want to cozy up to Pope Frantic, the man who has this thing about... heck, let me find the quote...
"Disinformation is probably the greatest damage that the media can do, as opinion is guided in one direction, neglecting the other part of the truth," he [Pope Frantic, as quoted by USA Today] said. "I believe that the media should be very clear, very transparent, and not fall prey — without offense, please — to the sickness of coprophilia, which is always wanting to communicate scandal, to communicate ugly things, even though they may be true. And since people have a tendency towards the sickness of coprophagia, it can do great harm."
Coprophagia is terminology used to describe, for example, dogs that like to eat poop. (My former Siberian Husky would raid cat litter and I had to keep him away from cowpies.)
Here is the definition for coprophilia
1. the use of obscene or scatological language for sɛҳuąƖ gratification.
2. a love of obscenity.
3. (Psychiatry.) an abnormal interest in feces, especially as a source of sɛҳuąƖ excitement.
I just don't know what to make of that quote, but I hope this helps people understand why I call him "Pope Frantic"...