jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoPope Francis again uses slur for gay priests in the Vatican: Italian mediawww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down16
arrow-up1148arrow-down1external-linkPope Francis again uses slur for gay priests in the Vatican: Italian mediawww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square23fedilink
minus-squareOldWoodFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up73·5 months agoAn 87 year old man using a slur, I feel like you get a slight pass sometimes for being old and not knowing a formerly-commonly-used word has become derogatory. But he used it, got called out, issued an apology, and then used it again. Yikes.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up21·5 months agoI mean, he’s 87. he probably forgot about the first time.
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoThen he shouldn’t be in charge of a religion.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 months agoNo, he shouldn’t, but that’s because Christianity is one of the most successful scams in human history, not because he’s old.
minus-squarestate_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·5 months agoOh, I missed the point where religions where headed by sane, competent men of sound mind and body.
An 87 year old man using a slur, I feel like you get a slight pass sometimes for being old and not knowing a formerly-commonly-used word has become derogatory.
But he used it, got called out, issued an apology, and then used it again. Yikes.
I mean, he’s 87. he probably forgot about the first time.
Then he shouldn’t be in charge of a religion.
No, he shouldn’t, but that’s because Christianity is one of the most successful scams in human history, not because he’s old.
Oh, I missed the point where religions where headed by sane, competent men of sound mind and body.