jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agoPope Francis again uses slur for gay priests in the Vatican: Italian mediawww.usatoday.comexternal-linkmessage-square21linkfedilinkarrow-up1150
arrow-up1150external-linkPope Francis again uses slur for gay priests in the Vatican: Italian mediawww.usatoday.comjeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square21linkfedilink
minus-squareOldWoodFrame@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up71·1 year 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-up21·1 year agoI mean, he’s 87. he probably forgot about the first time.
minus-squareVelvetStorm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoThen he shouldn’t be in charge of a religion.
minus-squarestate_electrician@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year agoOh, I missed the point where religions where headed by sane, competent men of sound mind and body.
minus-squarepearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoNo, he shouldn’t, but that’s because Christianity is one of the most successful scams in human history, not because he’s old.
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.
Oh, I missed the point where religions where headed by sane, competent men of sound mind and body.
No, he shouldn’t, but that’s because Christianity is one of the most successful scams in human history, not because he’s old.