Pope Francis has dismissed Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, one of his fiercest critics among U.S. Catholic conservatives, a Vatican statement said on Saturday.
The human brain is a complicated thing. It’s possible to be smart in one area, while being abjectly stupid in another. You might as well say that a stupid person couldn’t become mayor of New York City, and so Rudy Giuliani must not be stupid.
Strickland could have easily just chosen to keep quiet and wait for the next pope, which will probably happen relatively soon. So, in that respect, this seems ridiculously stupid. But I think you’re suggesting that he decided to “cash out” on his role, regardless. In which case, it seems that he’s simply evil instead of just stupid. I guess I could buy that, as well. I think it’s pretty apt to suggest that every high profile MAGA person is either evil, stupid, or both. But I tend to think there has to be a strong element of stupidity in there, even if they’re just mostly evil. After all, it’s Donald Trump…
The human brain is a complicated thing. It’s possible to be smart in one area, while being abjectly stupid in another. You might as well say that a stupid person couldn’t become mayor of New York City, and so Rudy Giuliani must not be stupid.
Strickland could have easily just chosen to keep quiet and wait for the next pope, which will probably happen relatively soon. So, in that respect, this seems ridiculously stupid. But I think you’re suggesting that he decided to “cash out” on his role, regardless. In which case, it seems that he’s simply evil instead of just stupid. I guess I could buy that, as well. I think it’s pretty apt to suggest that every high profile MAGA person is either evil, stupid, or both. But I tend to think there has to be a strong element of stupidity in there, even if they’re just mostly evil. After all, it’s Donald Trump…