This is one of those “I wish I had put my thoughts on paper earlier” blogs. Miranda Devine, I discovered this morning, used the pawn/chess analog before I penned this. So, I’ll make a couple of comments and let you read Devine’s NY Post editorial.
Introit
Bishops usually command respect because they supposedly have devoted their lives to the care of a cadre of shepherds and their flocks of faithful. They are, in fact, human, as this century’s scandals and controversies in both the Roman Catholic and Episcopal Churches bear witness. Being human often entails having flawed judgment. Having flawed judgment often derives from having insufficient knowledge. And having insufficient knowledge often emanates from a naive parochialism that, in turn, derives from a mind closed to alternate thinking.
NY Post’s Miranda Devine wrote an insightful piece on the latest bishop controversy, the woke lecture of Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde seen on national TV. Budde, in case you missed it, played the useful idiot-pawn to the religion of Wokism by explaining how alphabet people, migrants, and “transgender” children will suffer under Trump. In a demeaning reference to the skill level of migrants, her Excellency basically relegated the migrants to picking crops and washing dishes. Her reference to children was equally “woke” and stereotypical. As Devine points out, the “good “ bishop seemed to have little concern about the victims of illegal aliens or about children receiving life-altering operations and drugs before they have the maturity to decide and the knowledge to understand potential psychological and physical problems that accompany irreversible changes. *
The Budde lecture takes me back to a few blogs ago when I wrote about the Peter Principle (1/10/25). She might have been a devout, even holy, pastor, but she has been elevated beyond her competence and vocation. Instead of praying for peace, unity, and a one-nation-under-God society, the cleric chose to publicly condemn on the basis of a stereotype of the President, whose gay Treasury Secretary-nominee Scott Bessent, took offense at her remarks (see Devine’s editorial) and refuted them. Contrary to her intention and belief, the bishop wasn’t speaking truth to power. She was ignoring truths incarnate in the many victims of the past four years.
TDS Alive and Well
And, of course, the folks on The View and at CNN rushed to give her an audience, indicating to me that TDS is still a plague on American society. The media’s pawns of the Left’s hate-breeding stereotypes will continue along their narrow path through the next four years. They will ignore all that contradicts their narrative and nit-pick any slip-up by a Trump appointee. They will fawn over anyone who supports their views and condemn anyone who doesn’t.
The best defense against the cacophony of hate is ignoring it while focusing on positive steps that put America on track to accomplish Trump’s threefold goal: a stronger, safer, more prosperous America—for All.
*https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/opinion/miranda-devine-egomaniacal-bishop-buddes-woke-rant-just-makes-her-another-liberal-pawn-aiming-to-cut-down-trump/
Introit
Bishops usually command respect because they supposedly have devoted their lives to the care of a cadre of shepherds and their flocks of faithful. They are, in fact, human, as this century’s scandals and controversies in both the Roman Catholic and Episcopal Churches bear witness. Being human often entails having flawed judgment. Having flawed judgment often derives from having insufficient knowledge. And having insufficient knowledge often emanates from a naive parochialism that, in turn, derives from a mind closed to alternate thinking.
NY Post’s Miranda Devine wrote an insightful piece on the latest bishop controversy, the woke lecture of Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde seen on national TV. Budde, in case you missed it, played the useful idiot-pawn to the religion of Wokism by explaining how alphabet people, migrants, and “transgender” children will suffer under Trump. In a demeaning reference to the skill level of migrants, her Excellency basically relegated the migrants to picking crops and washing dishes. Her reference to children was equally “woke” and stereotypical. As Devine points out, the “good “ bishop seemed to have little concern about the victims of illegal aliens or about children receiving life-altering operations and drugs before they have the maturity to decide and the knowledge to understand potential psychological and physical problems that accompany irreversible changes. *
The Budde lecture takes me back to a few blogs ago when I wrote about the Peter Principle (1/10/25). She might have been a devout, even holy, pastor, but she has been elevated beyond her competence and vocation. Instead of praying for peace, unity, and a one-nation-under-God society, the cleric chose to publicly condemn on the basis of a stereotype of the President, whose gay Treasury Secretary-nominee Scott Bessent, took offense at her remarks (see Devine’s editorial) and refuted them. Contrary to her intention and belief, the bishop wasn’t speaking truth to power. She was ignoring truths incarnate in the many victims of the past four years.
TDS Alive and Well
And, of course, the folks on The View and at CNN rushed to give her an audience, indicating to me that TDS is still a plague on American society. The media’s pawns of the Left’s hate-breeding stereotypes will continue along their narrow path through the next four years. They will ignore all that contradicts their narrative and nit-pick any slip-up by a Trump appointee. They will fawn over anyone who supports their views and condemn anyone who doesn’t.
The best defense against the cacophony of hate is ignoring it while focusing on positive steps that put America on track to accomplish Trump’s threefold goal: a stronger, safer, more prosperous America—for All.
*https://nypost.com/2025/01/22/opinion/miranda-devine-egomaniacal-bishop-buddes-woke-rant-just-makes-her-another-liberal-pawn-aiming-to-cut-down-trump/
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