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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,135 posts)
Tue Nov 8, 2022, 08:58 PM Nov 2022

Political violence "must always be an option," says far-right Catholic outlet

On Tuesday morning, the far-right Catholic media outlet Church Militant published a video editorial suggesting that violence may be necessary, and justified, if the country's divisions can't be addressed through political means.

Describing Election Day as a "day of reckoning for the communists who have seized so much control of the country and wreaked so much havoc on America," Church Militant founder Michael Voris warned that, in the "all-out war going on between the forces of darkness who have complete control of one political party and partial control over the other," conservatives might have "no choice but to fight back violently if needs be." That shouldn't be the first resort, Voris went on to say, but it "must always be an option."

Now we are in a pitched battle in the political arena — the last remaining line before all-out civil war. If you love peace and you don't want to see violence, then you better get involved on the political front. And let's be clear about this, for all the phony or delusional pacifists out there: violence in and of itself is not immoral. It depends on the circumstances and sometimes even, it's necessary: self-defense, the subduing of an aggressor threatening the life of your family, the Son of God in the temple violently whipping the money changers.

The idea that violence must always, at all times, always be avoided is not Catholic. Remember the Crusades? Sometimes violence must be unleashed to protect the innocent. But lethal violence — because of its drastic, you-can-never-come-back-from-it consequences — must never be the first resort. In fact it must always be the last resort, and then not be allowed to turn into an orgy of dominance over the foe. Nonetheless, violence does — must always be an option. Welcome to a fallen world.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/political-violence-must-always-be-an-option-says-far-right-catholic-outlet/ar-AA13SUAR

Fuck off asshole

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Political violence "must always be an option," says far-right Catholic outlet (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 2022 OP
Something tells me Voris won't be leading that violence from the front though ck4829 Nov 2022 #1
A friendly message from the folks who brought you the Inquisition. Wonder where the Pope is... dutch777 Nov 2022 #2
The original church of JC considers anything else to be heresy. Good luck, Southern Baptists... czarjak Nov 2022 #3
If they insist. CentralMass Nov 2022 #4
"Fuck off asshole" -- what Jesus said. ancianita Nov 2022 #5
This idiot again.. Grins Nov 2022 #6

czarjak

(11,287 posts)
3. The original church of JC considers anything else to be heresy. Good luck, Southern Baptists...
Tue Nov 8, 2022, 09:44 PM
Nov 2022

You're gonna need it.

Grins

(7,226 posts)
6. This idiot again..
Wed Nov 9, 2022, 12:35 PM
Nov 2022

A true nutbag. Another Reich-wing grifter who cherry-picks his theology.

Saw him a while ago interviewing “Three toes” Green, and later Boebert. Just awful.

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