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In reply to the discussion: Far right "priest" gives "Elon salute" aka Nazi salute at pro-life conference. [View all]muriel_volestrangler
(102,943 posts)42. His Fucking Around with the salute means he's Found Out his new sect has kicked him out too
Their statement reads:
The ACC is not actually a Catholic Church. They are a sect that left the Episcopal Church after they decided to ordain women and are sort of a Church of England/Catholicism hybrid. So, like, the anti-abortion church that hated women enough to start its own religion was woke enough to know that the gesture Robinson made was a bad gesture. Thats certainly saying something, when so many have been doing the Oh gosh, who can really say? Maybe it was just an awkward gesture? tango for the last week and a half. (Only that long? Really? Because it feels like its been a year.)
The ACC went on to explain it for the Elons in the back:
https://www.wonkette.com/p/even-anti-abortion-anglican-catholics
At approximately 3:00 pm today (1/29) members of the College of Bishops of the ACC were made aware of a post made on X showing the end of a speech made by Calvin Robinson at the National Pro-Life Summit in Washington, DC. In it, he closed his comments with a gesture that many have interpreted as a pro-Nazi salute.
While we cannot say what was in Mr. Robinsons heart when he did this, his action appears to have been an attempt to curry favour with certain elements of the American political right by provoking its opposition. Mr. Robinson had been warned that online trolling and other such actions (whether in service of the left or right) are incompatible with a priestly vocation and was told to desist. Clearly, he has not, and as such, his license in this Church has been revoked. He is no longer serving as a priest in the ACC.
The ACC is not actually a Catholic Church. They are a sect that left the Episcopal Church after they decided to ordain women and are sort of a Church of England/Catholicism hybrid. So, like, the anti-abortion church that hated women enough to start its own religion was woke enough to know that the gesture Robinson made was a bad gesture. Thats certainly saying something, when so many have been doing the Oh gosh, who can really say? Maybe it was just an awkward gesture? tango for the last week and a half. (Only that long? Really? Because it feels like its been a year.)
The ACC went on to explain it for the Elons in the back:
Furthermore, we understand that this is not just an administrative matter. The Holocaust was an episode of unspeakable horror, enacted by a regime of evil men. We condemn Nazi ideology and anti-Semitism in all its forms. And we believe that those who mimic the Nazi salute, even as a joke or an attempt to troll their opponents, trivialize the horror of the Holocaust and diminish the sacrifice of those who fought against its perpetrators. Such actions are harmful, divisive, and contrary to the tenets of Christian charity.
https://www.wonkette.com/p/even-anti-abortion-anglican-catholics
The question is, does that mean he's unemployed in the USA, and he'd have to return to Britain? Every blue sky has a dark cloud in it somewhere.
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Far right "priest" gives "Elon salute" aka Nazi salute at pro-life conference. [View all]
ForgoTheConsequence
Jan 29
OP
His Fucking Around with the salute means he's Found Out his new sect has kicked him out too
muriel_volestrangler
Thursday
#42
He's been a laughing stock for a few years in the UK, and decided the grifting was more rewarding in the US
Emrys
Jan 29
#22
Nazis within Germany itself murdered 8,000 disabled children. Nazis killed 1,300,000 more children outside Germany.
ancianita
Jan 29
#12