I am continually irked by religious people (usually left-wing types) speaking for 'all Christians', that's why I found the following excerpt amusing. See what happens when people take you at your 'word' bishop!
But there's a problem here too. As we saw in the case of the University of Sydney women's collective, leftists might experience a feeling of moral exaltation at first, but it's soon followed by a loss of moral status, which then leads to being held in contempt by those occupying the "victim" role.
Which means that the leftist approach to solidarity works best when the leftists and the victim group don't actually have to have dealings with each other, but can maintain a suitable distance.
This "solidarity from a distance" is illustrated by a recent incident in France. A group of Roma gypsies had set up an illegal camp which the authorities dismantled. A French bishop, Jean Luc-Bronin made a vigorous appeal on regional television for solidarity with the Roma..."Be careful, let us not turn our backs on fraternity."
What happened then is that some of the Roma gypsy families decided to take up the Bishop on his offer of solidarity. They went to live in his front yard. The Bishop then denounced the Roma's use of "force" and demanded that their camp be dismantled:
"I cannot accept this use of force...The Church alone cannot be made to settle the question of these families."
Hypocrite.
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