https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/501440735271723009
Buckle up, kids. Here we go again.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/501438789722849281
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/501439667602878464
Here’s what Pope Francis actually said:
“In these cases, where there is an unjust aggression, I can only say that it is licit to stop the unjust aggressor,” Francis said. “I underscore the verb ‘stop.’ I’m not saying ‘bomb’ or ‘make war,’ just ‘stop.’ And the means that can be used to stop them must be evaluated.”
But, he said, in history, such “excuses” to stop an unjust aggression have been used by world powers to justify a “war of conquest” in which an entire people have been taken over.
“One nation alone cannot judge how you stop this, how you stop an unjust aggressor,” he said, apparently referring to the United States. “After World War II, the idea of the United Nations came about: It’s there that you must discuss ‘Is there an unjust aggression? It seems so. How should we stop it?’ Just this. Nothing more.”
Facts are hard, so it’s not all that surprising that Vox would get this wrong. Also not surprising? This:
I am not surprised that the Vox idiot who thinks the Pope has called for a tenth Crusade is @Max_Fisher. I mean, c'mon, ya'll.
— Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) August 18, 2014
Fisher is nothing if not reliably hacktastic.
Dear @Max_Fisher: You're a repulsive shill. Just disgusting.
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) August 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/Max_Fisher/status/501440911222784000
.@Max_Fisher Apologies – I should have said utterly repugnant spreader of misinformation and rewriter of history. 50 points from Hufflepuff.
— Lyndsey Fifield (@lyndseyfifield) August 18, 2014
Oh, snap! It may be harsh, but it’s most definitely accurate.
Perhaps one day @Max_Fisher will write something that isn't incredibly stupid. Alas, today is not that day. http://t.co/VRSIebEWiv
— Drew McCoy (@_Drew_McCoy_) August 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/chuck_dizzle/status/501441479688978432
<—Not Catholic. Still think @Max_Fisher's assessment of the Pope's statement is ridiculous.
— Mickey White (@BiasedGirl) August 18, 2014
https://twitter.com/Matthops82/status/501444598724440064
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/501448956380196864
Oh, the Crusades. Of course, the Crusades.
— Ross Douthat (@DouthatNYT) August 18, 2014
A rational person would look at the Pope's statement as evidence of how extreme the Iraq situation has become.
— PoliMath (@politicalmath) August 18, 2014
Yeah, but rational people don’t work for Vox.
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/501446000402509825
https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/501446197425762304
Pretty much.
We now go live to our Vox correspondent at the scene. pic.twitter.com/3YI57nFyZd
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) August 18, 2014
So, basically, when it comes to Vox it's pretty much Wikipedia meets anti-Semitism all the way down, huh?
— Moe Lane (@Ogiel23) (@moelane) August 18, 2014
Meets nonexistent bridges:
https://twitter.com/LoganDobson/status/501441511536734208
https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/501445927719415808
And Vox’s stellar record of journalistic integrity continues apace.
Awww yeah! RT @allahpundit: Is this real? https://t.co/lukymozOp0 pic.twitter.com/pFPRC1OlYI
— The H2 (@TheH2) August 18, 2014
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