Do you really think a Black man is a white supremacist?
We live in a time where we are so blindly partisan that we cannot recognize obvious facts that are right in front of our faces.
Arguably the worst aspect of our politics today is the "all or nothing" mentality that has infected far too many people on both sides. You are not allowed to think for yourself. You must take the party line or you are not just a traitor, you are a heretic - in addition to being many other awful things. If something is good, you must enthusiastically support it with no reservations, even if you think there are drawbacks. If something is bad, you must take the most extreme interpretation and damn it, no matter if you think the story is more nuanced than the popular narrative would have you believe. It really is a cult mentality.
So with that said, I am going to double down on the controversy over Calvin Robinson, a former priest in the Anglican Catholic Church who was defrocked after making a stiff-arm gesture that could be interpreted to resemble a Nazi salute. Of course, it was no such thing.
This is the primary fact absolving Robinson: He is of mixed-race heritage. He describes himself as a Black man. Legitimate Nazis and white supremacists hate Robinson because of his Black ancestry, and even more so because he represents something else they hate: Race mixing. Stiff-arm salute or not, if you think Robinson supports Nazi or white supremacist ideology you are willfully blind.
We live in a time where we are so blindly partisan that we cannot recognize obvious facts that are right in front of our faces. We are unable to see anything but the most uncharitable interpretation possible. And if someone is on "our side," we will defend him/her to a ridiculous degree.
As I have said previously, all of the evidence indicates that the "my heart goes out to you" gesture was a joke in response to Elon Musk making the same gesture a week earlier, not a sign of allegiance to Nazi ideology. And as I have also said previously, the gesture was irresponsible, childish and unprofessional. It was unworthy of someone who leads God's Church and watches over His sheep. It needlessly distracts from the mission of rescuing unborn babies from abortion. I do not and will never defend the gesture. But we also need to be intellectually honest. He is not a Nazi. A Black man is obviously not a white supremacist. That is plain to see, except for those devoted to a cult.
Therefore, I am going to continue to tell it like it is, no matter how many snowflakes get offended by the fact that I refuse to follow the cult's demands, and no matter how many shameless liars pretend to be "offended" to continue their smear campaign. This is because no one should be smeared with false accusations, and because the truth is worth defending on its own merits.