Republicans were outraged—
outraged—when, at February's National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama
said:
"Lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition, people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ. In our home country, slavery and Jim Crow all too often was justified in the name of Christ … So this is not unique to one group or one religion. There is a tendency in us, a sinful tendency that can pervert and distort our faith."
Speaking to Congress Thursday morning, Pope Francis said:
We know that no religion is immune from forms of individual delusion or ideological extremism. This means that we must be especially attentive to every type of fundamentalism, whether religious or of any other kind. A delicate balance is required to combat violence perpetrated in the name of a religion, an ideology or an economic system, while also safeguarding religious freedom, intellectual freedom and individual freedoms.
Where's the outrage now? I ask you! Back in February, Ben Carson
went on Fox News to condemn the president's remarks, suggesting that Obama was trying to "divert the attention away from the outrage that has been focused on the radical Islamic terrorists." How did that make him feel? "Perhaps we're being betrayed." So Carson must be in a fuss over the pope's very similar remarks, right?
Yeah, no:
Are you surprised? Because I have to say, this is not the most surprised I've been today. Are we getting to the point where Republican hypocrisy doesn't even register anymore?