Mastodawn

If the Pope is now considered part of the radical left, I think we need to look at just how far the overton window has moved.

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Sharp Leaves 1d ago

@robertpi I mean, taking away the dishonest way the Americans use the words 'radical left'...this Pope is far more openly left wing than his predecessors, and supports real leftist positions.

This isn't an overton window thing, this is the fact that a committed Christian in a position of authority is willing to speak the truth, that following Christ's way is incompatible with the disgusting economic system promoted by loudly 'Christian' countries.

To me, that's a much more important shift.

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DJ Enno

@BoysenberryCider @robertpi
Yeah, you're right. Aren't there way too many self-proclaimed christian's who consider Jesus Christ and his teachings to be too left?

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Sharp Leaves 1d ago

@Stricki @robertpi I'm neither Catholic nor American, there are definitely better people to talk about this topic. If you know more, please share:

Those stories are about a sub-group called Evangelicals in the US. Frustratingly, that group tend to call themselves 'Christians' and imply other denominations are the weirdo offshoots, which is backwards.

Catholicism is a different beast, in particular with a long standing strand of left wing thought (as well as hard right factions).