This post was inspired by people defending the now-deceased emperor of one of the world’s most imperialist, authoritarian, and societally harmful Christian denominations
I’m glad he showed some baseline empathy for Palestine with his words, and I’m glad he didn’t think we LGBTQIA people should literally be imprisoned or executed, but he was still a bigot who netted a lot more harm for the world than he did good
Kind of the same way no American President isn’t also a war criminal, their personal convictions and actions notwithstanding. The position of the organization v the individual person.
This post was inspired by people defending the now-deceased emperor of one of the world’s most imperialist, authoritarian, and societally harmful Christian denominations
I’m glad he showed some baseline empathy for Palestine with his words, and I’m glad he didn’t think we LGBTQIA people should literally be imprisoned or executed, but he was still a bigot who netted a lot more harm for the world than he did good
Kind of the same way no American President isn’t also a war criminal, their personal convictions and actions notwithstanding. The position of the organization v the individual person.
The United States is a genocidal settler colonial project that should not exist
The Catholic church is a hateful religion that should not exist