
Being all smug and superior about the hypocrisy of bigots who use new names for popes and married women is missing the mark so much.
It's not about the names, and they don't give a damn if we call them out as hypocrites.
It's about being able to punch down on trans people and any minority, really, so being okay with Leo's new name is just an extra slap in the face to trans people, which is just icing on the cake for them.
@JessieImproved @georgetakei It feels like a huge waste of time and energy to point out these supposed hypocrisies when we all know that's not the point.
They do know what a pronoun is (well, probably. In anycase, they use them just fine) and they have never had a problem with respecting Mrs/Ms or preferred names / nicknames.
Can we give up this line of pursuit?
Not to mention, I assume, all his life he has recognized that he was fallible, now he identifies as infallible (at least in matters of doctrine).