The left invented the notion of using “feelings” as a legal concept to wield in harassment allegations that had more to do with internal sentiments than with actual insults or unwanted invitations. But “feelings” can’t be legally defined. They are as mushy as cream of wheat or a bean-bag chair. Thus, settling out of court has become an extortion racket when the aggrieved plaintiff’s feelings are hurt. Most defense lawyers, reading how the cards are stacked against a client, advise them to cut their losses.

Then we came to “emotional abuse” about 30 years ago, which would be wielded against parents. Correcting a child for bad or irrational behavior would eventually become grounds for Children’s Protective Services to seize kids from their loving moms and dads.

More recently we got “hate speech,” which only ever seems to apply to the left’s imaginary villains – mostly caricatures of stereo-typical conservatives.

You remember stereotypes on the left, don’t you? “Oh, Dad, just because someone has long hair doesn’t mean they are weird. You just stereotype anybody who doesn’t fit your idea of normal. You’re such an Archie Bunker, and a male chauvinist pig.”

We have only heard thin, reedy voices against the most classic example of anti-religious bigotry that could be invented

But stereotypes are, in general, quite accurate. That’s why they exist. A hippie would never vote for Richard Nixon. If he did, he would be considered “weird” within his own support group. This was understood, and so the stereotype would fit.

It’s pretty obvious now where the hate groups are, which side uses stereotypes, and who inflicts emotional abuse. You will also note that the left, which made a career out of demonizing Big Business, Corporate America, exploitive capitalism, the blacklisting of Hollywood stars and writers, has suddenly gone quiet, now that all these groups have moved into their camp.

Today, the left has no problem at all with blacklisting conservative actors. You don’t hear whining about Big Business firing, harassing and hounding out employees who refuse to go woke.

And then there’s the silence about a pope who is doing the same thing to traditionalist cardinals, bishops and priests – a pope who has signed on to the fake crisis of global warming, panders to dissident priests, tolerates idol worship and native pagan culture, and suppresses the historic Latin Mass.

We have only heard thin, reedy voices against the most classic example of anti-religious bigotry that could be invented. The legendary Dodgers, who gave us Jackie Robinson, Branch Rickey, Tommy Lasorda, Vin Scully, Sandy Koufax and Maury Wills, have encouraged the worst kind of anti-Catholic hate group by honoring them at a pre-game ceremony in Dodger Stadium, and on the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence have been around for decades. They rate as one of the most shocking of all “gay” groups. Right up there with NAMBLA – the “North American Man-Boy Love Association.” In any “gay pride” parade, the respective lewdness and blasphemies of both groups would be studiously avoided in any AP wirephoto for national exposure. Their mockery of Christ extends even to the crucifixion. And they parody Christ’s own words about adultery and forgiveness: “Go, and sin no more” has become “Go, and sin some more.”

Perhaps it is only in seeing how debased a culture can become without Christianity that the followers of Christ will be motivated to change their own behavior and realize that silence is no longer an option.

The Dodgers have squandered their legacy. Branch Rickey was a devout Methodist, who disdained off-field promiscuity from his own manager Leo Durocher, while making history with the breaking of the color barrier. Vin Scully, the greatest baseball broadcaster of all time, whose broadcasting career began when they were the Brooklyn Dodgers, led athletes in saying the Rosary. He made no excuses for promoting devotion to the Virgin Mary.

No, this attack had to come through the Dodgers. If it had happened in New York or San Francisco, it would not have been so shocking.

The silence of Catholic bishops and priests has been telling, with only a few notable exceptions. This is because there is now an unspoken and all-pervading chill emanating from Pope Francis’ woke papacy. While he has flirted with heresy, this pontiff and his Vatican bureaucracy has carried out threats against any cleric who dares to defy the Leftism which has infiltrated the papacy.

They have defrocked priests loyal to the church’s doctrines, reassigned leading orthodox cardinals to meaningless positions, refused to clarify confusing statements, rewarded homosexual-promoting priests, bishops and cardinals, while ignoring as long as possible the scandals which have rocked the church.

Most of the people reading this essay are not Catholics, but evangelical Christians. Only a few have joined in speaking out in defense of their Christian brothers. It is not hard to predict that Baptists and other evangelicals stand right behind Catholics as targets of the satanic left. Mainline denominations, such as conservative Methodists, Anglicans and Lutherans will either eventually go woke or break into splinter groups. Nearly 5,500 Methodist congregations just split from the United Methodist Church.

We are living through shattering events but what comes of them might actually be good. A new Christian unity can be forged. Perhaps it is only in seeing how debased a culture can become without Christianity that the followers of Christ will be motivated to change their own behavior and realize that silence is no longer an option. At that point we can begin the restoration of moral sanity, which is the true legacy of Christianity.

The views expressed here are those of the author.

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