Crux Jumps the Turtleneck

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Yesterday, we reported on Crux making a funny typo. Today we're going to cite (in sincere disappointment) Crux's continuing employment of Fr. Dwight Longnecker as a "contributor." Anyone can make a typo, but it takes intentional idiocy to host Turtlenecker.

And, yes, now he's back with yet another adjective-laden screed about traditionalist Catholics:

Is the radical traditionalist blogosphere not only “a cesspool,” but an asylum for Catholic crazies? . . . Self-appointed online teachers fill the vacuum, and a poisonous, self-righteous extremism takes the place of true, simple, and humble piety . . .The venomous and vitriolic bloggers will most assuredly not accept criticism, but lash back with a fuller fury and loftier righteousness . . . Impervious to both gentle reproof and harsh attack, they will, like cornered animals, snarl and bite back.

There you have it. 

Snarling 

Radical 

Poisonous

He's Allen Ginsberg with an ex-Anglican marriage exception.

You can find many of his targets on my blog list to the right.

The word on the street is that he does it to get more clicks. All of his targets have more traffic than he does, so he's hoping they'll take the bait and link back to him. (This time there seems to be a conscious effort not to do that--see, for example, Vox Cantoris). But why Crux would give any space to Fr. Turtleneck is beyond me. And I think this is the first time they've published one of his now ubiquitous anti-trad joints. It's not that he's a "liberal" (he isn't really), nor simply that he's wrong (though he is). It's that he's just such a bloody boring ass.  

Listen to the Mahound on Magnificat Radio at 8:00 PM CST Tonight (Friday)!

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Please excuse the short notice.

Last night I was interviewed by Stephen Kokx for his hour-long show Church and State on Magnificat Media. It will run tonight (Friday) at 8:00 PM CST.

Listen to it if you want to hear what I sound like, or if you want to hear some fascinating and informative Catholic conversation.

Re: fascinating conversation: I'm referring more to Stephen and the fellow who was interviewed before me. :)

Or you can check the broadcast schedule and listen in the next few days. Within a few days or a week it will also be archived on YouTube.

Stephen is a genial host and Church and State is a great show. I encourage you to check out some of the archived programs.

More on the interview and Church and State later.

One quick note: When I said that the recent fight against Islam in Europe had been largely led by atheists and non-Catholics and that that was for the "worse," that wasn't a snark against atheists and non-Catholics. It was praise for them (the ones who have fought and in some cases died opposing the Islamization of Europe) along with friendly criticism of Christians and Catholics who, at least initially, let their counterparts do much of the work. I would like everyone to eventually find their true home in the Church, as I did, with the help of God's grace. But in the meantime I think we can all be comrades in the struggle against Islamic barbarism. Indeed, we must be comrades or we will all lose.