Pope Compares Calls BLM Rioters ‘Social Poets’ and ‘Collective Samaritans’ For Protesting Racist Death of George Floyd
In a Saturday video message of the chief papist on the occasion of the fourth World Meeting of Popular Movements, Pope Francis insisted on universal basic income, praised the BLM rioters as ‘social poets’ while insisting their demonstrations were keeping Geoge Floyd’s legacy alive in a way that is akin to the story of the ‘Good Samaritan’.
Last we saw the aging pontiff he was affirming the faith of Joe Biden and saying he would never refuse him communion, instituting ‘vaccine ‘passports’ at Vatican City, endorsing civil unions for gay couples, hating on anti-maskers and those urging caution at taking the COVID vaccine, and releasing his most outrageously blasphemous statement.
Now, Francis begins by making a few theologically wretched comments, saying things like: “Every person, every organization, every country, and the whole world needs to look for moments to reflect, discern and choose, because returning to the previous mindsets (pre-Covid) would be truly suicidal and, if I may press the point a little, ecocidal (destruction of the natural environment by deliberate or negligent human action) and genocidal.”
He then declares:
Do you know what comes to mind now when, together with popular movements, I think of the Good Samaritan? Do you know what comes to mind? The protests over the death of George Floyd. It is clear that this type of reaction against social, racial or macho injustice can be manipulated or exploited by political machinations or whatever, but the main thing is that, in that protest against this death, there was the Collective Samaritan who is no fool!
“This movement did not pass by on the other side of the road when it saw the injury to human dignity caused by an abuse of power. The popular movements are not only social poets but also collective Samaritans.”
Sounding right progressive socialist’s playbook:
“I often hear, “Father, we agree, but in real terms, what must we do?” …
In past meetings we talked about urban integration, family farming and the popular economy. We have to go on working together to make them a reality, and now let me add two more: the universal wage and shortening the workday.
A basic income (the UBI) or salary so that everyone in the world may have access to the most basic necessities of life. It is right to fight for a humane distribution of these resources, and it is up to governments to establish tax and redistribution schemes so that the wealth of one part of society is shared fairly, but without imposing an unbearable burden, especially upon the middle class. I believe these measures are necessary, but of course not sufficient. They do not solve the root problem, nor do they guarantee access to land, housing and work in the quantity and quality that landless farmers, families without secure shelter and precarious workers deserve. Nor will they solve the enormous environmental challenges we face. But I wanted to mention them because they are possible measures and would point us in the right direction.”
And lastly this gem:
“In my experience, when people, men and women, have suffered injustice, inequality, abuse of power, deprivations, and xenophobia in their own flesh – in my experience, I can see that they understand much better what others are experiencing and are able to help them realistically to open up paths of hope. How important it is that your voice be heard, represented in all the places where decisions are made. Offer your voice in a collaborative spirit; speak with moral certainty of what must be done.”
h/t to National File
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Please, BLM is the opposite of the Good Samaritan. If the dying man on the side of the road wasn’t black, BLM would walk right on by without breaking stride – unless he happened to be white, in which case they might pause to laugh, scoff, and cheer his death.
…after stealing his billfold, wedding ring, and watch, of course.
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