will hannity hold ratzinger's past against him like he does with byrd?

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

wil he call him Pope 'hitler youth" Penedict the way he refers to the senator as Robert "kkk" Byrd?

[devilgrrl]

1. Excellent question!

However, don't count on it.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

2. hannity a hypocrite?

what are the odds?

[11 Bravo]

3. I swear! That's the first thought that crossed my mind.

If Insannity wants to try and hold Byrd's feet to the fire for behavior 60-some years ago, what will he say about the new Pope?

[woo me with science]

4. nope....he's just as much of a hypocrite

as the DU Byrd supporters who will hold Ratzinger's
required involvement in the Hitler Youth as a child against him.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

5. has ratzinger apologized?

and is byrd anywhere near the level of dinosaur-era rightwinger

false analogy

[Macadian]

6. Was membership in the KKK compulsary????

Wasn't Byrd a voluntary member well into his twenties?

Try to educate yourself before slamming the spiritual leader of 2 billion people.

From TimesOnline Article:

The son of a rural Bavarian police officer, Ratzinger was six when Hitler came to power in 1933. His father, also called Joseph, was an anti-Nazi whose attempts to rein in Hitler’s Brown Shirts forced the family to move home several times.

In 1937 Ratzinger’s father retired and the family moved to Traunstein, a staunchly Catholic town in Bavaria close to the Führer’s mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden. He joined the Hitler Youth aged 14, shortly after membership was made compulsory in 1941.

He quickly won a dispensation on account of his training at a seminary. “Ratzinger was only briefly a member of the Hitler Youth and not an enthusiastic one,” concluded John Allen, his biographer.

[PST]

7. don't change the subject!

is what I was told when I made that argument somewhere else..

we have some very brave DU members here today who would've stood up against the nazi's for sure.

[Macadian]

8. I'm not changing the subject!!!

I am responding to the opening post in this thread.

will hannity hold ratzinger's past against him like he does with byrd? wil he call him Pope 'hitler youth" Penedict the way he refers to the senator as Robert "kkk" Byrd?

Again, you should educate yourself before claiming that this pope is a nazi.

To paint him as a Nazi is assinine.

From TimesOnline Article:

The son of a rural Bavarian police officer, Ratzinger was six when Hitler came to power in 1933. His father, also called Joseph, was an anti-Nazi whose attempts to rein in Hitler’s Brown Shirts forced the family to move home several times.

In 1937 Ratzinger’s father retired and the family moved to Traunstein, a staunchly Catholic town in Bavaria close to the Führer’s mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden. He joined the Hitler Youth aged 14, shortly after membership was made compulsory in 1941.

He quickly won a dispensation on account of his training at a seminary. “Ratzinger was only briefly a member of the Hitler Youth and not an enthusiastic one,” concluded John Allen, his biographer.

[PST]

11. read the whole post not just the subject line..

:hi:

[Macadian]

13. Not only did I read it....

.... I quoted it!!

Pehaps I am overly sensitive given all the Pope-Is-A-Nazi posts that have been scattered throughout today.

[sugapablo]

9. Nice

Although, we all know Republicans hold double standards.

[FreedomAngel82]

10. Of course not

Probably not. I'm not going to hold my breath.

[WillowTree]

12. It's about as likely...

....as expecting a lot of people here to hold Senator Byrd's KKK past against him in the same way as they are demonizing the Pope for something he was conscripted into doing when he was 14 years old.

It's a two-way street no matter how much everyone on both sides try to ignore it.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

14. nazi point may be arguable, but he's definitely a facist

given his attacks on liberalism and liberation theology

though i don't buy the 'i was just following orders" BS to defend him

spirtual leader of millions or not, the guy's a prick and he was forced on the faithful by a buch of rightwingers.
the process is faulty and corrupt. this is why i don't believe in catholicsm and i'll gladly excercise my right to call the guy for what he is-a piece of rightwing shit who may be further to the fringe than dubya