I think d_r is a doctrinaire Commie, which his why his feelings were so hurt by telling it like it is about Karl Marx. Fustakrakich is some kind of a burnout spitballer, who just likes to poke people. A lapsed Catholic, I think.

No, seriously. Postmodernism makes everything a social construct. It's all appeal to the flesh; all about stirring hormones; all about burning the culture for political power.

Just about anything can be rationalized.

I never knew that; probably due to the Zero Positive Catholic News rule.

Sure. d_r is a commie; fustakrakich is a troll.

OK

The Left has been told There Is No Truth.

No, it's a function of organizational behavior. The least-worst thing to do is implement the minimal set of rules required, and change out the people in charge of monitoring them quite regularly.
And, while no raging fan of Rome's bureaucracy, I haven't ever met a monk or priest that wasn't a walking copy of the Beatitudes.

Sincerely hope for the best for you. My little guys are the greatest anti-depressant ever.

You have to understand everything through the lens of power. Then all the condescension comes in to focus.

See, now: that's the beauty. It's ALWAYS on *my* end. NEVER yours. This is called "assymetry".

If my wife tried to abscond with our sons, I hope she'd just finalize me first.

Look: power doesn't care what you do to acquire and wield it.

We're about to send the in-laws back to Germany. They still sort of wish they still had the Deutschmark. They certainly feel rooked by their political class.