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In the midst of the tragedy of the ever-increasing splintered Traditionalism movement, the historian in me finds it fascinating that we are witnessing, in real time, the re-creation of how protestantism became so splintered in such a short period.  That's the only positive I can find in the present day.

Sure, there was bickering and debate in the 70s and 80s between the various Trad clerics (same as today) but they didn't have the resources/$ to properly split off from everyone and force the laity to choose.  Such priests also still found a balance between serving the faithful and debating theology.  They still knew and acted as if mass/sacraments > debate. 

Unfortunately, now that clerics can easily find/fund any kind of building to turn into a chapel, there is no impediment to them achieving the logical conclusion of their never-ending "lines in the sand" and personal, theological, isolationist daydreams.  Instead of having any kind of prudence, or discretion or moderation - the typical Trad cleric who's "in charge" of something becomes a mini-pope, a mini-hierarchy, with dreams of "saving the church" in their own way.    Childish insanity.

I get that as well.  Traditionally, Catholic apologetics entails demonstrating the claims of the Church to be the authentic and true Church founded by Christ and a reliable guardian of Catholic doctrine.  Yet we have Jorge and the problem of V2.  Really, the only approach is to bluntly tell them that the Church has been infiltrated since 1958 and these men are not popes.  Unfortunately Vatican II and the V2 Papal Imposters discredit the Church and the Church's claims, and in fact validate Eastern Orthodoxy and/or Old Catholicism ... if you grant that these men are real popes.  That is yet another reason why SVism is the way to go.